The public lands sell-off provision was removed by the House from its budget reconciliation bill, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on May 21! The provisions in the amendment passed earlier by the House Natural Resources Committee on May 6 that would have included selling off some public lands in Utah and Nevada were stripped …
Bills CWF has testified on or has tracked this session — all have concluded as follows at session end: Bill to create study of state trust lands and stewardship trust lands (HB 25-1332) was heard in the House Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Committee on April 21. CWF testified in support. The bill has …
On April 23, 2025 Governor Polis and coordinating partners launched the Colorado’s Outdoors Strategy. The press release is below. Colorado’s Outdoors Strategy is the overarching strategy – not a plan – for Colorado’s goals of climate resilient conservation and outdoor recreation. CWF participated on the steering committee as the vision and strategy were developed. In …
BOW Weekend June 2025 Class Catalog Walking/Hiking/Physical Exertion Key Low – light exertion if any Moderate – a step up from easy but not extreme Challenging – you might work up a sweat Beginner Archery Taught by: Michelle Seubert & Pepper Canterbury, Colorado Parks and Wildlife Moderate-Challenging / Outdoors In this hands-on class, new …
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On February 19, 2025 the annual Conservation in the West Poll was published. The Poll was conducted January 3-17, prior to the Inauguration. The Poll was conducted again this year by Lori Weigel and Kathryn Hayne of New Bridge Strategy and Dave Metz of Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz & Associates. They surveyed 3,316 voters in …
CWF testified in support of local government review of fencing projects on Sangre de Cristo land grant lands in the San Luis Valley that are planned to be at least five feet in height and exceed a specified length (HB 25-1023). Although CWF traditionally does not weigh in on private property matters, this bill is …
CWF testified in support of the bill to continue the Colorado Habitat Stamp program (SB25-049). It is a clean bill that will remove the sunset and continue this important program indefinitely. The program began in 2006 and has operated smoothly, investing funds generated from the annual purchase of the habitat stamps into strategic investments to …
On February 14, 2025 Governor Polis and Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced receipt of a donation for 120 acres in Park County at Michigan Creek. Wonderful for conservation. It is close to the addition of the Collard Ranch State Wildlife Area last spring. Here is the press release: Governor Polis and Colorado Parks and Wildlife …
In December the US Fish and Wildlife Service proposed listing under the Endangered Species Act the monarch butterfly as a threatened species. Public comment period closes March 12. According to the Fish and Wildlife Service the western migration has declined by more than 95% since the 1980’s. Here is the December press release:https://www.fws.gov/press-release/2024-12/monarch-butterfly-proposed-endangered-species-act-protection
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