Anti-Hunting CPW Commission attacks Colorado Right to Hunt and Fish

[bayoublaster7527]

In what is likely not a shock to anyone following along, 6 of the 11 sitting Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commissioners condemned Amendment 83: Right to Hunt and Fish. The CPW Commission sets all rules and regulations for hunting and fishing. These folks hold complete and total control over hunting and fishing in Colorado. They refused to endorse a measure to protect hunting and fishing. At least 5 of the 6 have publicly campaigned to ban hunting in the past, specifically Proposition 127: Mountain Lion hunting ban in 2024. It a strange twist, the fact that these folks control the commission is exactly why hunting and fishing needs constitutional protections. They say there is no threat to hunting and fishing but they are the threat to hunting and fishing. And none of their claims that CPW will no longer be able to manage wildlife are true. Disproven on numerous grounds from folks at HOWL and CRWM. They see Amendment 83 as a bulwark against their desires to eliminate and/or severely restrict hunting and fishing in the future. And it is. This should scare anyone who cares about wildlife, hunting and angling in Colorado.

CPW Commissioners Sound Off Against Amendment 83

Commissioners criticize Amendment 83 for “throwing into question” future ballot measures, state bills, and CPW rules placing reasonable limits on hunting or trapping, as well as existing policies adopted through these long-established, science-based decision-making channels

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[TOGIE]

Those commissioners are following marching orders from the Governors Mansion and they speak for no one but Reis.

Meanwhile, the CPW employee's association, representing CPW career biologists, officers, and more, voted to endorse the measure:

A group of Colorado Parks and Wildlife employees speak in support of hunting ballot measure, as concerns remain over how it could stifle wildlife management

While state law bars Colorado Parks and Wildlife from speaking out for or against ballot measures, a group of its employees has issued a statement supporting Amendment 83. It’s the latest in a growing list...

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