Gone are the encroaching shrubbery and ramshackle structures.

The first phase of a project to improve the Wrangell skeet range has been completed, and steps are being taken to fund the second phase.

Improvements completed in November included cutting down trees and clearing debris and removing two dilapidated skeet-throwing houses and overgrown vegetation to install an aggregate surface for parking areas and the skeet range. The aggregate will also serve as a firm foundation for construction of new upper and lower skeet-throwing houses and shooting stations.

"A gate was also installed to ke...