ACTION ALERT: CPW Commission vote on fur ban

[bayoublaster7527]

Keep contacting your state representatives and senators before the Grand Junction meeting. This is a solid response from a D representative, but continued outreach is critical to show lawmakers the depth of public concern and distrust around the current process.

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McCormick helped kill the anti-hunting bill HB 25- 1258 in committee during the last session.

 

[marksjeep]

Relevant article on bill in legislature to ban take of beaver.

Bill that would ban the killing of beavers in Colorado adds to contentious wildlife debate

A bill to ban public land beaver kills in the Colorado legislature is sure to heat up animal rights and hunting debates in the state.

coloradosun.com

 

[Cogreeny]

No, but I want to come work for you when you head north lol.

I’d take you right away. Hard to find good people that are competent. Maybe we’ll both be working for someone up there someday.

 

[SAJ-99]

Relevant article on bill in legislature to ban take of beaver.

https://coloradosun.com/2026/03/11/colorado-public-land-beaver-kill-ban/

Something happened in that link. It went to an article on the person being named at the BLM to screw over tax payers in favor of O&G.

 

[trb]

Relevant article on bill in legislature to ban take of beaver.

https://coloradosun.com/2026/03/11/colorado-public-land-beaver-kill-ban/

HB26-1323 Wildfire Resiliency Prohibiting Taking of Beavers | Colorado General Assembly

CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS ASAP ON THIS!!!

 

[SAJ-99]

HB26-1323 Wildfire Resiliency Prohibiting Taking of Beavers | Colorado General Assembly

CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS ASAP ON THIS!!!

Hat tip to them for using wildfire prevention as the driver of this. That took some creativity.

 

[tormenter]

They see blood in the water. Once they got one petition through they will keep sending them. Expect bans on mountain lion and black bear hunting, furbearer harvest next. CBD controls majority 6-seat voting block on the commission now. Pandora’s box is officially open.

I am afraid you are right - Buckle up! It's going to get ugly. We have to be loud and vocal and continue to point out how extreme these groups are and how they operate. They will continue to manipulate the truth and avoid a science based common sense approach to wildlife. These groups and several of the commissioners are the eco-terrorists!

 

[bayoublaster7527]

Reposting from another forum

For me the near term move is to light up the email inboxes and voicemail of Senators Dylan Roberts-Steamboat and Nick Hinrichsen-Pueblo. They will be the swing votes in the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee.

After the embarrassing debacle at the March 4 Commission. And the following vote against the CPW Director's recommendation and stated will of the voters, the commission voted to accept the fur ban citizen petition. Respectfully request the committee convene an oversight hearing with the Commission Chair Rich Reading and Vice Chair Jay Tutchton to achieve some level of public accountability and regain trust with critical stakeholders such as hunters, anglers, trappers, and livestock producers. Until such a hearing is conducted, request the committee halt confirmation of any CPW Commissioners. Furthermore, express concerns with the appointments of Emerick and Sichko and their ability to represent their statutory constituents and objectively support science-based wildlife management. I suspect both Senators will have plenty of opposition research on both. I believe CPW Commission appointments will begin hearings in committee next week.

Be respectful, I believe both of these Senators to be favorable to sportsmen. If you live in their districts, make sure they know that.

Senator Nick Hinrichsen- 303-866-4878, [email protected], [email protected]

Senator Dylan Roberts- 303-866-4871, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

Gonna start working on the beaver bill next.

 

[TheGreek]

Reposting from another forum

For me the near term move is to light up the email inboxes and voicemail of Senators Dylan Roberts-Steamboat and Nick Hinrichsen-Pueblo. They will be the swing votes in the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee.

After the embarrassing debacle at the March 4 Commission. And the following vote against the CPW Director's recommendation and stated will of the voters, the commission voted to accept the fur ban citizen petition. Respectfully request the committee convene an oversight hearing with the Commission Chair Rich Reading and Vice Chair Jay Tutchton to achieve some level of public accountability and regain trust with critical stakeholders such as hunters, anglers, trappers, and livestock producers. Until such a hearing is conducted, request the committee halt confirmation of any CPW Commissioners. Furthermore, express concerns with the appointments of Emerick and Sichko and their ability to represent their statutory constituents and objectively support science-based wildlife management. I suspect both Senators will have plenty of opposition research on both. I believe CPW Commission appointments will begin hearings in committee next week.

Be respectful, I believe both of these Senators to be favorable to sportsmen. If you live in their districts, make sure they know that.

Senator Nick Hinrichsen- 303-866-4878, [email protected], [email protected]

Senator Dylan Roberts- 303-866-4871, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]

Gonna start working on the beaver bill next.

Senator Roberts is a friend to CO sportsmen.

 

[bayoublaster7527]

More press covering the dumpster fire that is the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission…..

Stealing voters’ expectation of expert wildlife management | Rachel Gabel

Sen. Byron Pelton is my senator and a vote for him (or theoretically any other elected official) is a vote of confidence that he will represent his stakeholders. It is expected that he will vote for what his stakeholders want, based on what he knows to be true and what is communicated to him by...

gazette.com

 

[bayoublaster7527]

Joint statement following the March 4 Commission meeting.

Colorado’s leading wildlife, ag and conservation organizations unite in defense of science-based wildlife management

A broad coalition of Colorado’s leading wildlife conservation, hunting, agricultural and county organizations issued a unified statement expressing deep concern following the March 4-5 meeting of the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission, where commissioners voted...

www.thefencepost.com

 

[bayoublaster7527]

If you are upset with the CPW Commission, this is where you make your stand. Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee has scheduled the CPW Commissioner confirmation hearings for April 22. Make your voices heard.

Wed Apr 22nd, 2026 Senate Agriculture & Natural Resources Agenda | Colorado General Assembly

 

[trb]

Some good news, the public land beaver hunting ban is dead for this congressional session. Please send thank you emails to the folks who voted YES to postpone indefinitely.

Bill tracking in Colorado - HB 26-1323 (2026A legislative session) - FastDemocracy

Wildfire Resiliency Prohibiting Taking of Beavers

fastdemocracy.com

 

[bayoublaster7527]

Some good news, the public land beaver hunting ban is dead for this congressional session. Please send thank you emails to the folks who voted YES to postpone indefinitely.

Bill tracking in Colorado - HB 26-1323 (2026A legislative session) - FastDemocracy

Wildfire Resiliency Prohibiting Taking of Beavers

fastdemocracy.com

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Interesting on the three “Yes” votes. We all knew Rep. Story is in the anti-hunting camp. Total Boulder crazy person. She hosted fundraisers for Samantha Miller and CATS. Kinda surprised by Rep Martinez. Rep Lindsay has established herself in the anti camp too. Had to take a few shots at the sportsmen community, put us in our place publicly.

Lindsay added that “respectfully, it is not just for sportsmen, hunters and anglers to decide animal policy.”

Something to keep an eye on if you live in their district.

 

[tormenter]

I was surprised Meghan Lukens voted yes. I put my big boy pants on and sent her an email thanking her for doing the right thing.

 

[bayoublaster7527]

I thought this was a well-done, thoughtful piece. Way better than the trash that Eric Washburn puts out and the news outlets consistently publish….

The fur ban petition gets it backward. CPW already has a better plan. (Opinion)

The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission made the wrong decision on March 4 by advancing a citizen petition to ban the sale of furs from Colorado’s wild furbearers. Not because animal welfare is unimportant, but because it ignored a…

www.dailycamera.com

 

[elkduds]

I thought this was a well-done, thoughtful piece. Way better than the trash that Eric Washburn puts out and the news outlets consistently publish….

The fur ban petition gets it backward. CPW already has a better plan. (Opinion)

The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission made the wrong decision on March 4 by advancing a citizen petition to ban the sale of furs from Colorado’s wild furbearers. Not because animal welfare is unimportant, but because it ignored a…

www.dailycamera.com

The stronger path: Reasonable people can disagree about trapping and the fur trade. But a commission charged with wildlife stewardship has a specific obligation: follow the evidence before departing from it. CPW staff built a detailed roadmap, and it should be implemented, evaluated and refined before the state considers more restrictive measures. If the reforms fall short, the case can be made with data. If they succeed, Colorado will have a management model worth building on.

Colorado has a choice: pursue a symbolic policy that weakens the very system designed to protect furbearers or implement a research-backed plan that improves animal welfare, strengthens accountability and builds the data foundation wildlife management depends on. The Furbearer Stakeholder Report is available on CPW’s website. We urge Coloradans to read it and then ask the Commission to follow the science.

 

[bayoublaster7527]

Out of state, anti-hunting group Center for Biological Diversity is already campaigning hard to ensure Dr. John Emerick is confirmed on the CPW Commission. Action alert to all their people.

Of note CBD was the petitioner for the fur ban that was accepted on March 4. They also attempted to ban hound hunting in AZ through a citizen petition. Emerick provided the deciding vote (6-4) to accept the fur ban petition at the March 4 meeting. Since the March 4 commission meeting, CBD has launched another citizen petition to require non-lethal deterrents for ranchers making wolf depredation claims and raise the bar for any lethal control. They were also huge contributors to Prop 127- mountain lion hunting ban.

Emerick is critical to CBD maintaining their 6 person voting bloc on the commission and unchallenged control of wildlife management in the Colorado. Expect a continued onslaught of citizen petitions to follow if he is confirmed. I really hope our hunting and fishing aligned groups are rallying the troops to push back.

The point of contention isn’t that Emerick is a respected scientist, because he is. It is the clear ideological agenda and bias he brings with him. He weaponizes “science” to try to diminish harvest opportunity. It’s a trick commonly used by the anti-hunting community and we saw it at the last meeting. If our biologists cannot say with 100% certainty exactly what the population of a said species is, then we should employ the “precautionary principle” and eliminate any harvest. It’s a clear trap with a decided outcome.

Colorado Needs Science-Based Leadership

Colorado needs knowledgeable leaders on its Parks and Wildlife Commission — people grounded in science who understand how the state should move forward. You can help.

act.biologicaldiversity.org