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Colorado Recreational Shooting Evaluation Underway

Last month, the Northern Colorado Front Range Sports Shooting Management Partnership was established through cooperation between Boulder County, Clear Creek County, Gilpin County, Larimer County, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, and the U.S. Forest Service. The Partnership was formed to develop a landscape-level, multi-jurisdictional strategy for recreational sport shooting throughout northern Colorado’s Front Range. Participating partners …

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Senator Udall Hosts Sportsmen’s Roundtable

On September 12, CSF’s Western States Manager Andy Treharne attended a sportsmen’s roundtable meeting hosted by Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus member Senator Mark Udall (CO) in Denver, Colorado. The meeting served as an opportunity for Senator Udall to solicit the opinions of Colorado sportsmen and women on a wide variety of conservation-related topics and highlight his …

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Federal Land Hunting & Angling Access

Summary Many sportsmen and women depend on federal lands managed by agencies such as the U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for access to activities like hunting, fishing and recreational shooting. As these agencies develop strategies to manage federal lands, it is critical for those who support these …

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Colorado: American System of Conservation Funding Fact Sheet

Off Highway Vehicles (OHV)

Summary In recent years, Off Highway Vehicle (OHV) use has increased rapidly across the country.The unmitigated consequences of such growth not only threatens the environmental health of the lands used in OHV recreation but also threatens to eliminate future OHV opportunities. Some states have taken steps to provide adequate funding for sustainable OHV management and …

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Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)

Introduction Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a progressive, fatal, degenerative neurological disease occurring in farmed and free-ranging deer, elk, caribou, and moose. The disease was first recognized in 1967 as a clinical ‘wasting’ syndrome of unknown cause in captive mule deer in Colorado. CWD belongs to the family of diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies …

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Conservation Tax Incentives

Summary One important tool for protecting fish and wildlife habitat is a state-level tax credit for gifts of land for conservation or conservation easements. With a wide variety of implementation options, these programs can provide alternatives to development by providing landowners with financial incentives to conserve land. These lands benefit fish and wildlife populations and …

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Dedicated Lottery Funds for Conservation

Summary Over the last few decades, rising costs for natural resource management and increased public utilization of these resources has led to the need for additional methods of funding for conservation. Dedicating lottery proceeds to funding conservation can assist with efforts such as increasing access to public lands, habitat and endangered species conservation, wildlife education, …

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Federal Land Habitat Management

Summary Properly managed wildlife habitat is essential for supporting sustainable and healthy wildlife populations. Well-managed lands containvarious successional stages that provide a diversity of habitats capable of supporting a diversity of wildlife. On federal lands, however, young forests and other early seral habitats are often underrepresented. The most efficient method to improve wildlife habitat is …

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Interstate Wildlife Violators Compact

Summary With the increased sophistication of poachers and other wildlife violators, there is a need for increased levels of coordination and information sharing on these individuals between state fish and wildlife agencies. The Interstate Wildlife Violators Compact (IWVC) creates the mechanism allowing for this coordination. The availability of this information helps stop poachers and other …

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