On April 12 this year, a human-caused wildfire ignited at the Turkey Tracks Shooting Range in Colorado’s high country, eventually burning 128 acres of grass, dead and downed trees and shooting debris.

The complex, located about 10 miles north of Rapid City, is one of the largest public shooting ranges in the nation.

After two homes in Bates County were struck by gunfire over the weekend, Sheriff Chad Anderson renewed his decade-long push ...