ACTION ALERT: CPW Commission vote on fur ban

[Sandbrew]

Once they are appointed they are a fully functioning voting commissioner. The senate confirms the appointment later. If he is not confirmed, his past votes are not vacated.

From what I understand if a Commissioner is appointed when the Senate is not is sesssion they can vote. Blahney & Emerick fit this senario. Sichko does not therefore he was not able to vote at this last meeting and must be confirmed before he can vote.

 

[bayoublaster7527]

Are you upset with the CPW Commission overruling the CPW biologists and passing a citizen petition fur ban?

Are you concerned that out of state anti-hunting groups now control a majority voting bloc on the CPW Commission?

Take action! Make your voice heard and oppose these commission appointments.

Issues & Advocacy

Effortlessly contact your state and federal lawmakers to make your voice heard on issues that impact wildlife and elk country.

www.rmef.org

 

[elkduds]

 

[Bluffgruff]

Commercial Fur Sales

In response to the Parks and Wildlife Commission’s (Commission) direction to initiate rulemaking on a citizen petition related to commercial fur sales, the Division is seeking public input to inform an issue paper (regulatory proposal) that will be presented to the

engagecpw.org

Sent in my comments on rule making:

Please abandon this foolish rule making. The arguments for it are incongruent with the available science, the stake holder input, and the wellbeing of the greater populations of these species. The premise of this petition is to help furbearers. Furbearers are not in danger in Colorado. CPW biologists, current and former made this abundantly clear at the March 4th meeting and were ignored by the 6 members of the CPW commission who voted to advance this petition to rule making. Banning commercial fur sale will remove the most ardent advocates for wild places and wild creatures, those that choose to pursue them, and will only weaken those species' ability to survive in Colorado. When there is no one using a resource, there is a weak advocacy for that resource, and without advocacy, animals have no voice. 90% of the room on March 4th also asked that the commission reject this petition. The commission is violating its charge by voting against its experts, the majority of stakeholders, and ultimately, they voted to devalue furbearers on the landscape, reducing them to a hidden, silent group of animals with no advocates, no monitoring. A monitored, valued, advocated for resource will persist, and that's what fur trappers, hunters, and "consumptive" users do. The petitioners will not show up and have not shown up to advocate for habitat, and loss of habitat is the main threat to all Colorado wildlife. Again, please abandon this effort to devalue Colorado's wildlife.

 

[bayoublaster7527]

Great event following the May 6 CPW Commission meeting in Grand junction.

Hope to see some fellow HuntTalkers there!

 

[tormenter]

I'm out of the country or I would be there! Sent in my comments to both the Feds and CPW on the wolf matters, along with Furbearers comments. Keep this topic up near the top.

Colorado Sportsmen have a very important week ahead of us!

 

[bayoublaster7527]

Meateater coming off the top rope on the Colorado anti’s.

 

[Dinkshooter]

Don't worry, I read someplace where Miller claimed she was a hunter.

 

[Bluffgruff]

Don't worry, I read someplace where Miller claimed she was a hunter.

I have heard this from her own mouth. She hunted aoudad on a Texas ranch. Her boyfriend is an outfitter.

 

[tormenter]

I have heard this from her own mouth. She hunted aoudad on a Texas ranch. Her boyfriend is an outfitter.

Well, let’s see what happens and tomorrow and the next day

 

[Dinkshooter]

I have heard this from her own mouth. She hunted aoudad on a Texas ranch. Her boyfriend is an outfitter.

So she went once to have the ability to say that?

It was like that Ted Williams DB last year. "I hunt ruffed grouse with a dog". The hardest sport in the world for the smartest critter alive, but I'm clearly getting paid to write opinion on why Mtn Lion hunting is bad.

An outfitter dating an Anti- he must be a real genius.

 

[Dinkshooter]

One time while driving down the road, I swerved to miss hitting a snow gopher. I suppose this now makes me an animals right activist!

 

[bayoublaster7527]

I have heard this from her own mouth. She hunted aoudad on a Texas ranch. Her boyfriend is an outfitter.

For me that makes it even more gross. I have some semblance of respect for folks when their actions are based in their own closely held principles and values. Seems that she is guided by neither and is just looking to stick it to hunters and trappers, while keeping those checks from the Center for Biological Diversity flowing.

 

[Bluffgruff]

For me that makes it even more gross. I have some semblance of respect for folks when their actions are based in their own closely held principles and values. Seems that she is guided by neither and is just looking to stick it to hunters and trappers, while keeping those checks from the Center for Biological Diversity flowing.

Mercenary is the term that comes to mind.

 

[bayoublaster7527]

Update from the CPW Commission meeting this week.

It was pretty wild during general public comment. Plenty of openly anti-hunting comments from many of the same people that show up to each meeting. Most are affiliated with the same thinly-veiled anti-hunting non-profit orgs that have popped up in Colorado recently: ColoradoWild, Prairie Protection Colorado, Colorado Wildlife Alliance, Science for Colorado Wildlife, and the powerful Center for Biological Diversity. Clearly the names are very misleading as they all share the goal of minimizing and at some point eliminating the role hunters and trappers play in wildlife management.

There are consequential votes at every meeting, particularly with the amount of pending citizen petitions. This week the Commission voted to make Jay Tutchton the chair of the commission. Jay is a career attorney for the Center for Biological Diversity and closely aligned with Colorado First Gentleman Marlon Reis. As the chair he will now set the agenda and control the flow for all upcoming meetings. What is even more alarming is the fact that throughout the two meetings there was not a single hunter present on the commission. Gabe Otero, hunter and angler rep, was noticeably absent both days. Sad to see the hunting community left in the dark as decisions are being made.

 

[HONEYBADGER]

Update from the CPW Commission meeting this week.

It was pretty wild during general public comment. Plenty of openly anti-hunting comments from many of the same people that show up to each meeting. Most are affiliated with the same thinly-veiled anti-hunting non-profit orgs that have popped up in Colorado recently: ColoradoWild, Prairie Protection Colorado, Colorado Wildlife Alliance, Science for Colorado Wildlife, and the powerful Center for Biological Diversity. Clearly the names are very misleading as they all share the goal of minimizing and at some point eliminating the role hunters and trappers play in wildlife management.

There are consequential votes at every meeting, particularly with the amount of pending citizen petitions. This week the Commission voted to make Jay Tutchton the chair of the commission. Jay is a career attorney for the Center for Biological Diversity and closely aligned with Colorado First Gentleman Marlon Reis. As the chair he will now set the agenda and control the flow for all upcoming meetings. What is even more alarming is the fact that throughout the two meetings there was not a single hunter present on the commission. Gabe Otero, hunter and angler rep, was noticeably absent both days. Sad to see the hunting community left in the dark as decisions are being made.

Colorado gets what they vote for unfortunately.

 

[TheGreek]

Update from the CPW Commission meeting this week.

It was pretty wild during general public comment. Plenty of openly anti-hunting comments from many of the same people that show up to each meeting. Most are affiliated with the same thinly-veiled anti-hunting non-profit orgs that have popped up in Colorado recently: ColoradoWild, Prairie Protection Colorado, Colorado Wildlife Alliance, Science for Colorado Wildlife, and the powerful Center for Biological Diversity. Clearly the names are very misleading as they all share the goal of minimizing and at some point eliminating the role hunters and trappers play in wildlife management.

There are consequential votes at every meeting, particularly with the amount of pending citizen petitions. This week the Commission voted to make Jay Tutchton the chair of the commission. Jay is a career attorney for the Center for Biological Diversity and closely aligned with Colorado First Gentleman Marlon Reis. As the chair he will now set the agenda and control the flow for all upcoming meetings. What is even more alarming is the fact that throughout the two meetings there was not a single hunter present on the commission. Gabe Otero, hunter and angler rep, was noticeably absent both days. Sad to see the hunting community left in the dark as decisions are being made.

It’ll be better with the next governor.

 

[bayoublaster7527]

Colorado gets what they vote for unfortunately.

Absolutely. Tutchton even pointed it out recently in an article.

Tutchton said “governors matter, so when people voted for Polis they were probably voting for a commission with more animal rights types on it.

Hunting groups: Colorado governor stacked Parks and Wildlife Commission with animal rights activists

A commissioner says changes on the governing body could drive perception governor aims to turn Colorado into a nonhunting state

coloradosun.com

But very few things in politics are absolute, Polis just had two of his CPW commission appointees rejected by the Senate.

 

[TOGIE]

Absolutely. Tutchton even pointed it out recently in an article.

Tutchton said “governors matter, so when people voted for Polis they were probably voting for a commission with more animal rights types on it.

this is true, but also not.

polis didn't run on CPW appointments or wildlife politics. and even if he really did, nobody cared, that's not what people were voting for.

it's a pet project of his husband. it's not anything anyone necessarily voted for. it's just something that many democrats really don't care about either way.

i think it's irked many beyond just sportsmen. the wolf vote if held now wouldn't have a snowballs chance in hell id wager. i think reis and polis kicked the nest enough that many in the state from the independents to even the left of center have grown tired of the heavy handed top down attempts in changes to wildlife management, as evidenced by the results of the attempted lion ban and the rejection of commission appointments by the senate.