Why It Matters: Colorado’s avocational beaver season opened October 1, and sportsmen and women heading out this year will be working under several new rules adopted by the Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) Commission. Beginning with the 2026–27 season, beaver season has been shortened by one month and now runs October 1 through March 31. […]
Why It Matters: The constitutional right to hunt and fish is officially on the ballot in Colorado this November. Should Amendment 83 pass, it will enshrine the right to hunt and fish for current and future generations of Coloradans and protect our traditions and heritage. It also preserves the state’s authority to manage wildlife using […]
The Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF), the nation’s leading bipartisan organization working to protect and advance hunting, angling, recreational shooting, trapping, and professional fish and wildlife management, announced today that Sofia Mollett has joined the organization as the Rocky Mountain States Coordinator. In this role, Sofia will work closely with the state legislative sportsmen’s caucuses under the National Assembly of Sportsmen’s Caucuses (NASC) and members of the […]
Why It Matters: The Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) Commission voted 6-5 on July 17, 2026, to terminate rulemaking on a citizen petition that sought to ban the retail sale of furs from wild furbearers harvested in Colorado. This decision upholds lawful trapping as a science-based wildlife management tool and protects sportsmen’s heritage against efforts that conflict with state statute and the North […]
Why It Matters: The Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) Commission is moving forward with rulemaking on a proposed ban on the commercial sale, barter, or trade of pelts, hides, and associated products from wild furbearers taken in Colorado. This follows the Commission’s March 2026 vote to advance the petition, proposed by anti-trapping organizations, despite CPW staff recommendations for denial and strong opposition from sportsmen. […]
Why It Matters: Sportspeople have always been conservation’s most dedicated advocates and its primary source of funding, and Colorado is no exception. Through the American System of Conservation Funding and its associated “user pays – public benefits” structure, this System ensures that sportspeople bear the brunt of the cost of professional wildlife management for all to enjoy. This session, Colorado’s sportspeople continued to lead the charge on conservation funding, pushing for dedicated […]
Why It Matters: Attempts to manage wildlife through the legislation, like Colorado House Bill 1323 (HB 1323), while perhaps well intentioned, rarely benefit sportspeople or follow best available science. The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation (NAMWC) is a set of seven principles that codify the United States’ approach to wildlife management, where wildlife is managed as public trust resources for the benefit of all citizens, and the system is funded through the “user-pays, public-benefits” American System of […]
Why It Matters: State fish and wildlife agencies, like Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), are the fundamental entities that secure our sporting heritage. CPW biologists and game wardens professionally manage our wildlife for the benefit of all members of the public, even though the vast majority of CPW funding comes from sportspeople. The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission is the rule-making arm for CPW, […]