Despite the letter behind her name, I think that Kerry Donovan is a friend of ours on legislation such as this. She comes from a rural, ranching background and understands the need for predator management. I think the real fight on this issue will be at the ballot box sometime in the future.
I hope you are right and she doesn’t let this one get out of committee. However, with the crazy state of things in Colo I take absolutely nothing for granted. Will continue to make calls and send emails.
If you're trying to compare politicians and CPW staff, I think it's a no-brainer. CPW employs professional biologists to manage wildlife. Legislators pushing anti-hunting bills are not even pretending to care about the wildlife - it's a political move catering to the HSUS crowd. If the HSUS crowd has their way, the whole country will be like Rocky Mountain National Park where the animals are 'protected' until there are so many that we have to pay sharpshooters to cull animals at night with night vision so as not to disturb the public's sentimental nonsense (this is really happening and has been for years!).
More like accountants
The biologists I have interacted with on sheep counts, bear harvest data collections, fence removals, etc have a wealth of knowledge and care deeply about wildlife. One of them that I know well also volunteers with a non-profit conservation group when he's not in uniform. If you have an axe to grind, that's fine, but I personally have not seen any evidence of CPW biologists doing anything but a lot of hard work to manage our wildlife. If you have evidence to the contrary, I'm all ears. They are just people and I'm sure they aren't perfect, but your snide swipes at a whole cadre of tireless wildlife professionals are tiresome.More like accountants
coloradosun.com
Read it. Still stand by what I said.As @Oak said....
Western Slope lawmaker tries to pump the brakes on Colorado wolf reintroduction
State Sen. Kerry Donovan wants to slow the roll on wolf reintroduction. The Vail Democrat, who represents seven Western Slope counties, has crafted legislation she hopes to submit on Friday that allows Colorado Parks and Wildlife to manage wolves, but would postpone any reintroduction efforts...
Judge folks on what they actually do...
"The bill would cancel reintroduction outright if wildlife officials determine that the state already has a “self-sustaining population” of gray wolves. "
"Under Donovan’s plan, a 'sustainable reintroduction, recovery and management plan' would include a wide variety of methods — including the issuance of hunting permits — to promote a sustainable population of wolves, and minimize damage to livestock and provide compensation to ranchers who lose livestock to the predators."
I did and so do I.
I wasn’t instructing you to read it. I read it. I could care less if you read it. You don’t even live here. I will be dealing with their bs as I’m a lion hunter.
This is the attitude that leads to the erosion of hunting rights.
No what leads to the erosion of hunting rights is electing these folks into state government. Do you see this kind of bullshit happening at the state level in Wyoming? Not even close. If the shoe fits.
