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Colorado’s revised State Wildlife Action Plan

Colorado’s Revised State Wildlife Action Plan was approved by the US Fish and Wildlife Service on March 30, 2016. cpw.state.co.us/aboutus/Pages/StateWildlifeActionPlan.aspx Here is Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s press release: April 6, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE http://cpw.state.co.us/aboutus/Pages/StateWildlifeActionPlan.aspx Manda Walters CPW Communications 303-866-3203 x4608 ============================================================ Colorado’s Revised State Wildlife Action Plan approved by USFWS DENVER – The ** …

Colorado’s revised State Wildlife Action Plan

CO Senate passes state concurrent juris. bill for public lands

The Colorado Senate passed 16-160 on March 31, a bill that would try to impose state concurrent jurisdiction over public lands managed by the US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management. It passed on a party line vote 18-17. While purporting to address wildlifes, the language goes much further, providing, “The jurisdictional right of …

CO Senate passes state concurrent juris. bill for public lands

Public Lands Day bill passes CO Senate

Colorado Senate Bill 16-21 would create a Public Lands Day in Colorado on the 3rd Saturday of each May. The bill passed the senate committee unanimously on February 22, 2016 and the full Senate on March 2. Now the bill moves to the House. CWF had testified in favor of the bill in January but …

Public Lands Day bill passes CO Senate

CPW concerned re wildlife impacts from northwest Colorado’s severe winter

Colorado Parks and Wildlife issued a press release on February 5, 2016, expressing concern about impacts to wildlife in northwest Colorado from severe winter. Here is the press release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mike Porras CPW NW Region PIO 970-255-6162 ============================================================ Colorado Parks and Wildlife monitoring severe winter conditions, impacts to wildlife a concern MEEKER, Colo. …

CPW concerned re wildlife impacts from northwest Colorado’s severe winter

Colorado College Poll finds 60% of western voters reject sale of public lands

Colorado College released its annual State of the Rockies Project poll on January 11, 2016 finding that, “Three-in-five voters in the West reject the sale of ‘signficant holdings of public lands (60% oppose – and in Colorado 59% oppose). Just one-in-four (26%) would support this even though it was framed as having the goal to …