ACTION ALERT: CPW Commission vote on fur ban

[robby denning]

I hope two things happen:

Sprortsmen show up en masse at the May 6,7 meetings in Grand Junction where there will be further rulemaking on the fur ban.

The organizations listed on that statement mobilize their members in strong opposition to the current CPW Commission members who will go through Senate confirmation in the coming weeks.

I would also like to see the state cattlemen’s association demand the resignation of Commissioner Eden Vardy. He provided the deciding vote on March 4, thereby accepting the citizen petition fur ban. He is also by statue supposed to represent agriculture producers. Total embarrassment.

Check your DM. I have a question on getting some people out to this

Also everyone…
I think the beaver proposal just failed.

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[bayoublaster7527]

Out of state, anti-hunting group Center for Biological Diversity is already campaigning hard to ensure Dr. John Emerick is confirmed on the CPW Commission. Action alert linked below to all their people.

Of note CBD was the petitioner for the fur ban that was accepted on March 4. Of note Emerick provided the deciding vote (6-4) to accept the fur ban citizen petition at the March 4 meeting. They also attempted to ban hound hunting in AZ through a citizen petition. Since the March 4 commission meeting, CBD has launched another citizen petition to require non-lethal deterrents for ranchers making wolf depredation claims and raise the bar for any lethal control. They were also huge contributors to Prop 127- mountain lion hunting ban.

Emerick is critical to CBD maintaining their 6 person voting bloc on the commission and unchallenged control of wildlife management in the Colorado. Expect a continued onslaught of citizen petitions to follow if he is confirmed. I really hope our hunting and fishing aligned groups are rallying the troops to push back.

The point of contention isn’t that Emerick is a respected scientist, because he is. It is the clear ideological agenda and bias he brings with him. He weaponizes “science” to try to diminish harvest opportunity. It’s a trick commonly used by the anti-hunting community and we saw it at the last meeting. If our biologists cannot say with 100% certainty exactly what the population of a said species is, then we should employ the “precautionary principle” and eliminate any harvest. It’s a clear trap with a decided outcome.

https://act.biologicaldiversity.org/vUfYGYOcuU6fjKRTvMg0Rw2​