Green AMMO in NY State.
WoW, I didn't know they made suce a thing. (See C&P below)
I get these updates by e-mail from my regional State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC).
Our new left wing Gov, Eliot Spitzer recently nominated Mr. Pete Grannis Commissioner of our states DEC. Mr. Grannis was well known throughout the state as being extremely unfriendly towards sportsmen. This is just a start, I wouldn't put it past these two to try and get lead based ammunition outlawed in NY State.
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For Release: IMMEDIATE Contact: Maureen Wren
Monday, December 31, 2007 (518) 402-8000
DEC ANNOUNCES PLAN TO TRAIN WITH "GREEN AMMO"
Leading the Way for Other Law Enforcement Agencies in Switching to Environmentally Friendly Ammunition for Training
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis announced today a new initiative to switch to "green ammo" from lead-based ammunition for Departmental firearms training to help reduce the impact of lead at firing ranges.
Commissioner Grannis said: "DEC is committed to leading the way in finding new ways - large and small - to reduce the amount of contamination that is released into our environment. DEC's 464 Environmental Conservation Officers and Forest Rangers are leading the state by implementing a common-sense change to use non-toxic ammunition in order to protect public health and the environment from the effects of lead."
The ammunition DEC will be using is considered "green" in comparison to standard ammunition because it is lead-free and includes non-toxic primers. This combination greatly reduces the impact of firearms training on the environment. According to the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, lead from ammunition can be introduced into the environment in one or more of the following ways: lead oxidizes when exposed to air and dissolves when exposed to acidic water or soil; lead bullets, bullet particles, and dissolved lead can be moved from firing ranges by storm water runoff; and dissolved lead can migrate through soils to groundwater.
Lead poisoning is a serious human health risk and inhalation or ingestion of lead dust while firing or handling lead-based ammunition is a potential pathway for exposure. Because of the detrimental effects lead in the environment can also have on animals, DEC has taken several initiatives to prevent wildlife from being exposed. These include state requirements that only non-toxic shot be used in waterfowl hunting and a ban on the sale of lead sinkers (for fishing line) weighing less than half of an ounce. Excessive exposure to lead, primarily from ingestion, can cause increased mortality rates in cattle, sheep and waterfowl.
DEC is currently phasing in the new ammunition with the agency's 330 Environmental Conservation Officers and 134 Forest Rangers, all of whom are highly trained police officers. The DEC expends over 150,000 rounds of ammunition annually, including during regional in-service training exercises, as well as at the Department's 26-week residential basic training academy. While it will cost slightly more to purchase the green ammunition, the state will realize long-term benefits including the elimination of hazardous material exposure to humans and the environment, as well as eliminating the possibility of costly lead removal at DEC police training ranges.
For more information about lead in bullets and specifically, details on protecting public health and the environment by implementing best management practices at firing ranges, go to EPA's website at:
http://www.epa.gov/Region2/waste/leadshot/index.html .
I get these updates by e-mail from my regional State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC).
Our new left wing Gov, Eliot Spitzer recently nominated Mr. Pete Grannis Commissioner of our states DEC. Mr. Grannis was well known throughout the state as being extremely unfriendly towards sportsmen. This is just a start, I wouldn't put it past these two to try and get lead based ammunition outlawed in NY State.
Trinity +++
For Release: IMMEDIATE Contact: Maureen Wren
Monday, December 31, 2007 (518) 402-8000
DEC ANNOUNCES PLAN TO TRAIN WITH "GREEN AMMO"
Leading the Way for Other Law Enforcement Agencies in Switching to Environmentally Friendly Ammunition for Training
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis announced today a new initiative to switch to "green ammo" from lead-based ammunition for Departmental firearms training to help reduce the impact of lead at firing ranges.
Commissioner Grannis said: "DEC is committed to leading the way in finding new ways - large and small - to reduce the amount of contamination that is released into our environment. DEC's 464 Environmental Conservation Officers and Forest Rangers are leading the state by implementing a common-sense change to use non-toxic ammunition in order to protect public health and the environment from the effects of lead."
The ammunition DEC will be using is considered "green" in comparison to standard ammunition because it is lead-free and includes non-toxic primers. This combination greatly reduces the impact of firearms training on the environment. According to the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, lead from ammunition can be introduced into the environment in one or more of the following ways: lead oxidizes when exposed to air and dissolves when exposed to acidic water or soil; lead bullets, bullet particles, and dissolved lead can be moved from firing ranges by storm water runoff; and dissolved lead can migrate through soils to groundwater.
Lead poisoning is a serious human health risk and inhalation or ingestion of lead dust while firing or handling lead-based ammunition is a potential pathway for exposure. Because of the detrimental effects lead in the environment can also have on animals, DEC has taken several initiatives to prevent wildlife from being exposed. These include state requirements that only non-toxic shot be used in waterfowl hunting and a ban on the sale of lead sinkers (for fishing line) weighing less than half of an ounce. Excessive exposure to lead, primarily from ingestion, can cause increased mortality rates in cattle, sheep and waterfowl.
DEC is currently phasing in the new ammunition with the agency's 330 Environmental Conservation Officers and 134 Forest Rangers, all of whom are highly trained police officers. The DEC expends over 150,000 rounds of ammunition annually, including during regional in-service training exercises, as well as at the Department's 26-week residential basic training academy. While it will cost slightly more to purchase the green ammunition, the state will realize long-term benefits including the elimination of hazardous material exposure to humans and the environment, as well as eliminating the possibility of costly lead removal at DEC police training ranges.
For more information about lead in bullets and specifically, details on protecting public health and the environment by implementing best management practices at firing ranges, go to EPA's website at:
http://www.epa.gov/Region2/waste/leadshot/index.html .
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give me a fricken break[:(!] 0 -
I just bought 500rds. of green ammo. It's Wolf.[:D] 0 -
It's my fault.
Everytime I had to dispatch an animal and someone asked me what happened, I told them it died of lead poisoning.[:D]0 -
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i bet you could sell those idiots some ss109 ammo as "green ammo", and they would pay even more 0 -
read the article,
"green" ammo refers to lead-free
I've seen some lead-free ammo by Fiocchi on sale at Sportsmansguide, but I thought it more of a gimmick than anything else0 -
Within a couple of years all the military ammo is supposed to be lead free. 0 -
California started it all with their "Save the Condors from all those horrible hunters!" bill that Gov. Terminator just signed into law not too long ago. 0 -
The military has been paying for the development and testing of green ammo for a few years. There's been a recurring bit on the USMC's tests of this ammo on Discovery or History or something like that. 0 -
I tried green hunting last year, I didnt bring down a single deer with the looeyville slugger
actually I guess bow hunting could be considered green hunting.0 -
quote:Originally posted by ljwrench
I just bought 500rds. of green ammo. It's Wolf.[:D]
Yep!!0 -
quote:to use non-toxic ammunition why would you use "non-toxic" ammo? if i fire a shot i WANT it to be EXTREMELY TOXIC to the target! 0 -
It can from the earth to begin with, we are just putting it back![;)] 0 -
quote:Originally posted by KSUmarksman
read the article,
"green" ammo refers to lead-free
I've seen some lead-free ammo by Fiocchi on sale at Sportsmansguide, but I thought it more of a gimmick than anything else
yes i think most all of us know this, Winchester sell it under the name of NT, and it sucks, you can't get the properties of lead we so desire out of copper period
most post especially mine was sarcastic, ss109's being green tipped steel core[:)]0
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