Protect Colorado’s Outdoor Heritage. Vote YES on Amendment 83.
Colorado’s wildlife, wild places, and outdoor traditions are worth protecting.
Amendment 83 would establish a constitutional right to hunt and fish in Colorado, protecting the role these activities have long played in science-based wildlife management and conservation.
It keeps wildlife management in the hands of professionals, protects the conservation funding hunters and anglers provide, and helps ensure Colorado’s outdoors remain healthy and accessible for generations to come.
VOTE YES ON AMENDMENT 83.
A Right to Hunt and Fish Protects More Than a Tradition
Under the American System of Conservation Funding, hunters, anglers, trappers, and shooting sports enthusiasts already contribute over $148 million annually (85% of CPW’s wildlife conservation funding) directly into the management system that keeps Colorado’s fish and wildlife healthy. Through license fees, tag fees, and excise taxes, sportsmen and women fund habitat, research, and professional management.
It’s a simple principle:
The user pays. The public benefits.
In Colorado, this funding has helped conserve over 300,000 acres of habitat and access in 2026 alone. Amendment 83 safeguards the activities that generate this funding, so Colorado Parks and Wildlife is not left managing wildlife without the people who pay for it.
Protecting hunting and fishing helps protect the funding behind healthy wildlife populations, habitat conservation, public access, and outdoor recreation across the state.
Colorado’s Outdoors Depend on Conservation
Colorado is home to some of the nation’s most celebrated wildlife, habitat, and outdoor recreation opportunities.
That didn’t happen by accident.
For generations, hunters and anglers have helped fund the system that manages Colorado’s wildlife, restores habitat, supports public access, and creates opportunities enjoyed by millions of Coloradans.
Amendment 83 protects that successful system by recognizing hunting and fishing as a constitutional right and as a preferred means of managing fish and wildlife—while preserving the authority to regulate these activities through science, public safety, and responsible wildlife management.
Protect Science-Based Wildlife Management
Amendment 83 helps protect a system where wildlife management decisions are informed by science and professional expertise—not simply the politics of the moment.
Conservation is Sportsmen-Funded
Hunters, anglers, trappers, and shooting sports enthusiasts contribute more than $148 million annually to Colorado’s wildlife management system through licenses, tags, fees, and federal excise taxes.
Wildlife Thrives Because It’s Managed
Species like the wild turkey stand as proof that science-based wildlife management works.
Benefit Everyone Who Enjoys the Outdoors
Conservation funding generated by sportsmen and women supports habitat, wildlife management, public access, boat ramps, and other resources enjoyed by hikers, bikers, birdwatchers, paddlers, climbers, campers, and outdoor recreationists across Colorado.
Amendment 83: Know the Facts
Amendment 83 is about protecting Colorado’s hunting and fishing traditions while preserving the science-based wildlife management system already in place. It keeps Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s regulatory authority intact, protects private property rights, and safeguards a conservation model that benefits wildlife, habitat, and outdoor recreation across the state.
Here’s what Amendment 83 will—and will not—do:
What Amendment 83 Will Do
Amendment 83 protects Colorado’s right to hunt and fish while preserving science-based wildlife management.
Amendment 83 WILL:
- Protect the right to hunt and fish using lawful methods.
- Support science-based management recognizing hunting and fishing as the preferred, not exclusive, means of managing fish and wildlife.
- Preserve professional wildlife management by keeping Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s authority to establish seasons, bag limits, methods, and regulations, based on science, conservation, and public safety.
- Protect Colorado’s Conservation system by helping safeguard the activities that generate critical funding for wildlife, habitat, and public access.
What Amendment 83 Will NOT Do
Amendment 83 does not create unrestricted hunting or fishing.
Amendment 83 will not:
- Change trespass laws or threaten private property rights.
- Apply to nongame, endangered, or federally protected species.
- Eliminate licenses, tags, seasons, bag limits, or other wildlife regulations.
- Limit access for hikers, bikers, skiers, birdwatchers, or other outdoor recreationists.
- Create a “free-for-all” where hunting and fishing can occur anywhere, anytime, with or without regulation.
Colorado’s Outdoors Belong to All of Us
Whether you hunt, fish, hike, bike, camp, climb, paddle, ski, or simply appreciate Colorado’s wildlife, we all benefit from healthy habitats, abundant wildlife, and accessible outdoor spaces.
Amendment 83 doesn’t choose one group of outdoor users over another.
It protects a conservation model that benefits all Coloradans.
Colorado’s Wildlife Future Is on the Ballot | The Sportsmen’s Voice Podcast
Hear from Chris Dorsey and CSF’s Fred Bird and Brent Miller on what Amendment 83 means for Colorado’s hunting and fishing traditions, science-based wildlife management, conservation funding, and the outdoor opportunities that benefit all Coloradans.