CO Gov appoints Sierra Club leader to represent hunters/outfitters on CPW Commission

[bayoublaster7527]

Governor Polis Appoints Coloradans to Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission | Colorado Governor Jared Polis

DENVER - Today, Governor Jared Polis appointed Frances Silva Blayney of Colorado Springs and Dr. John Emerick of Redstone to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) Commission. These appointments reflect thoughtful stewardship of Colorado’s wildlife, natural resources, and outdoor recreation economy.

www.colorado.gov

It seems that Gov Polis has appointed an “alleged” fly fishing outfitter that no one in the community has heard of as the “outfitters” representative on the CPW Commission. Frances Blayney was a leader in Colorado Sierra Club. Seems like her fly fishing business started in 2023. It was all really just a front by Wildlife Czar Marlon Reis to get a Sierra Club representative on the CPW Commission and ensure one less hunter sits on the commission. Colorado Sierra Club supported Prop 127 and HB 25-1258. It seems that Colorado Guides and Outfitters Association was shut out of the discussion. Time to fire up the phone lines and emails.

 

[Bluumoon]

Bump

 

[justin davis]

Yikes

 

[Quandary]

Denver is a s*******e and all the California transplants are working hard on making sure the rest of the state will become one as well. For all of us that have had mountain property for years there is nothing more painful than all the pissants driving west through the Ike.

 

[Hnthrdr]

Governor Polis Appoints Coloradans to Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission | Colorado Governor Jared Polis

DENVER - Today, Governor Jared Polis appointed Frances Silva Blayney of Colorado Springs and Dr. John Emerick of Redstone to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) Commission. These appointments reflect thoughtful stewardship of Colorado’s wildlife, natural resources, and outdoor recreation economy.

www.colorado.gov

It seems that Gov Polis has appointed an “alleged” fly fishing outfitter that no one in the community has heard of as the “outfitters” representative on the CPW Commission. Frances Blayney was a leader in Colorado Sierra Club. Seems like her fly fishing business started in 2023. It was all really just a front by Wildlife Czar Marlon Reis to get a Sierra Club representative on the CPW Commission and ensure one less hunter sits on the commission. Colorado Sierra Club supported Prop 127 and HB 25-1258. It seems that Colorado Guides and Outfitters Association was shut out of the discussion. Time to fire up the phone lines and emails.

Who should we be calling/ firing emails to?

 

[Jbehredt]

A serious long ball play by the left. A fake quide service to qualify for the outfitter position. Impressive. According to their web site somebody with nail polish has in fact landed one 6” rainbow so not a total sham. I hate this state more every day.

 

[AZ_Hunter]

Damn.

 

[Hnthrdr]

A serious long ball play by the left. A fake quide service to qualify for the outfitter position. Impressive. According to their web site somebody with nail polish has in fact landed one 6” rainbow so not a total sham. I hate this state more every day.

Well she is the first Macanese-Mauritians child birthing person fly fishing guide in Co… pretty big deal… lmfao these people are the worst, we gotta try to stop this

 

[bayoublaster7527]

Who should we be calling/ firing emails to?

I would say the initial tranche should go to the Governor’s office to request an explanation on the selection process and criteria for the appointment and why there was no engagement with the statutory constituents, guides and outfitters. Did the Colorado Guides and Outfitters Association endorse this appointment? Also highlight how placing a former Colorado Sierra Club leader in a position meant to represent hunting outfitters is a stark conflict of interest, based on Colorado Sierra Club consistently advocating for anti-hunting initiatives.

These appointments will go through the Colorado State Senate next Feb-Mar so next tranche of calls/emails should go to your state Senators and members of the Senate Natural Resources and Agriculture Committee.

 

[TaperPin]

There are so many crazy stories and regulations coming out of Colorado I feel for you guys that live there.

 

[Hnthrdr]

I would say the initial tranche should go to the Governor’s office to request an explanation on the selection process and criteria for the appointment and why there was no engagement with the statutory constituents, guides and outfitters. Did the Colorado Guides and Outfitters Association endorse this appointment? Also highlight how placing a former Colorado Sierra Club leader in a position meant to represent hunting outfitters is a stark conflict of interest, based on Colorado Sierra Club consistently advocating for anti-hunting initiatives.

These appointments will go through the Colorado State Senate next Feb-Mar so next tranche of calls/emails should go to your state Senators and members of the Senate Natural Resources and Agriculture Committee.

Thanks for the heads up, we will have to hammer them during appointment time

 

[bayoublaster7527]

This is more dangerous for hunters than it might appear at first glance. Politics is all about majorities and voting blocs, especially on commissions. The CPW Commission has 11 voting members, so 6 votes gives you a majority. Traditionally, anti-hunting measures could be blocked by a 6 person contingent of commission members generally favorable to consumptive users-hunters: 2 seats- Hunter/Anglers, 3 seats-Production Agriculture, and 1 seat-Guides and Outfitters. Placing a vocal Colorado Sierra Club member and ally to D. Malone on the commission under the false guise as a “guide and outfitters” representative breaks up that voting bloc. This is one of the final steps of Gov Polis, Marlon Reis, Nicole Rosmarino, etc in their anti-hunting activist strategy to flip CPW against hunters and trappers. Once the votes are in place they can dismantle the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation from the inside through the elimination of hunting, one species and method of take at a time. Likely first mountain lion hunting and trapping, then black bear then bighorn sheep….. This would likely place the CPW commission on the same track toward dysfunction as the Washington Wildlife Commission.

Buckle up cause it may be a rough ride for hunters as they try to ram as much of this through before Polis terms out. Donate to CRWM early and often.

 

[Bluumoon]

I’ll say it again, we need a right to hunt on the ballot. CRWM is playing defense. I support them and donate, but we need an offensive arm.

At this point I think an additional measure worth considering is a ballot measure to change who appoints CPW commissioners. Leave the governor w a couple and the rest through County commissioners or state reps.

 

[Gila]

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[Ten Bears]

Outfitters should not have a seat at the table. They are a pay service…They only provide goods and services like bass pro or sportsmans nothing more. Resident and non-resident hunters should have a choice to use an outfitter or not. In New Mexico, the radical left (anti-hunting) pushes for land owner tags and outfitter allocations which has put the public draw system over the edge. DIY hunting and fishing opportunity is circling the drain. That’s how New Mexico hunting and fishing became commercialized. If you experience point creep in your state, take a look at how many tags are being allocated to land owners and/or outfitters because those tags are removed from the public draw. In New Mexico, the number of landowner/outfitters tags increases in a GMU until herd health suffers. Then even more tags are removed from the public draw.

The same forces, organizations, people with the same agenda are in Colorado and New Mexico. SB5 passed in New Mexico last session so there will be a “non-hunter” appointed to the commission. That’s just another left-wing vote to minimize public hunting and fishing opportunity. California did this back around the year 2000 by appointing a gay Sierra Club commissioner just to drive home the message. I think we need some legislative action in the US Congress. I would like to see legislation that allocates the excise taxes collected go to states for only public draw and over the counter licenses. No excise taxes should be allocated to private land authorizations either. In addition, private land Conservancies should not be getting any federal dollars for wildlife management unless they allow public hunting and fishing.

100 hunters with red shirts voicing their opinion at a commission meeting helps, just get some media attention before you do it.

Your spin is pretty crazy on this one..

 

[Gila]

I will give you a good recent example. The 12 counties with the highest populations of pronghorn sell private land licenses only, over the counter. There has been no quota with these over the counter sales of private land only tags. The populations of pronghorn in those counties are declining. The number of tags allocated to the public draw in those GMUs for this fall season was reduced by 20%. The plus system for elk and deer give similar results. This is how our hunting dies ladies and gentlemen!

 

[Ten Bears]

I will give you a good recent example. The 12 counties with the highest populations of pronghorn sell private land licenses only, over the counter. There has been no quota with these over the counter sales of private land only tags. The populations of pronghorn in those counties are declining. The number of tags allocated to the public draw in those GMUs for this fall season was reduced by 20%. The plus system for elk and deer give similar results. This is how our hunting dies ladies and gentlemen!

no...hunting dies when we lose trapping seasons, bear seasons, introduce non native predators back onto the landscape, judge shop to stop science based wildlife decisions., cover the land with solar and wind...these things ACTUALLY have happened.

Your weird landowner issues aren't killing hunting. People that live on the land having skin in the game to help wildlife helps, that's an undeniable fact.

Every damn thread turns into some BS spin you pull against landowners and guides.

Not falling for it

 

[bayoublaster7527]

Outfitters should not have a seat at the table. They are a pay service…They only provide goods and services like bass pro or sportsmans nothing more. Resident and non-resident hunters should have a choice to use an outfitter or not. In New Mexico, the radical left (anti-hunting) pushes for land owner tags and outfitter allocations which has put the public draw system over the edge. DIY hunting and fishing opportunity is circling the drain. That’s how New Mexico hunting and fishing became commercialized. If you experience point creep in your state, take a look at how many tags are being allocated to land owners and/or outfitters because those tags are removed from the public draw. In New Mexico, the number of landowner/outfitters tags increases in a GMU until herd health suffers. Then even more tags are removed from the public draw.

The same forces, organizations, people with the same agenda are in Colorado and New Mexico. SB5 passed in New Mexico last session so there will be a “non-hunter” appointed to the commission. That’s just another left-wing vote to minimize public hunting and fishing opportunity. California did this back around the year 2000 by appointing a gay Sierra Club commissioner just to drive home the message. I think we need some legislative action in the US Congress. I would like to see legislation that allocates the excise taxes collected go to states for only public draw and over the counter licenses. No excise taxes should be allocated to private land authorizations either. In addition, private land Conservancies should not be getting any federal dollars for wildlife management unless they allow public hunting and fishing.

100 hunters with red shirts voicing their opinion at a commission meeting helps, just get some media attention before you do it.

I think you may be conflating a few things. Guides and outfitters and landowner tags is a different discussion for different thread. The issue with this appointment is that she does not fairly represent the constituency she is required to represent. It is a clear attempt to sneak in another anti-hunting, anti-agriculture rep on the commission under false pretenses.

Though not a NM resident, I do hunt there often and I share your concerns with the “deal with the devil” that NM Wildlife Federation made with Wildlife For All (one of the most notable, openly anti-hunting orgs in the U.S.) on SB5. Only 1 hunter/angler seat leaves the door open for WFA to fill the others.

Back on topic, we do need hunters showing up to commission meetings and voicing their opposition to these appointments through their state senators and the governor’s office.

 

[Gila]

Actually there is crossover on these issues because it is the same anti-hunting agenda by the same anti-hunting crowd. My point is New Mexico hunting is what Colorado hunting could become. Their ultimate goal is the same: To re-wild public as well as private lands.

For that appointee to take a commissioner appt under the guise of an outfitter is very relevant here.

 

[Gila]

no...hunting dies when we lose trapping seasons, bear seasons, introduce non native predators back onto the landscape, judge shop to stop science based wildlife decisions., cover the land with solar and wind...these things ACTUALLY have happened.

Your weird landowner issues aren't killing hunting. People that live on the land having skin in the game to help wildlife helps, that's an undeniable fact.

Every damn thread turns into some BS spin you pull against landowners and guides.

Not falling for it

Outfitter “welfare” in New Mexico and land owner tags are exactly why we are losing our hunting, trapping and fishing! Outfitters as well as anti-hunting groups could give a rat’s patootie about science based wildlife decisions. The biggest thing in common is that outfitters and anti-hunters want to see a reduction in the number of tags allocated to the public draw. Colorado antis are following the same playbook as they did in California 30 years ago. In New Mexico using the outfitters and land owners to kill off public hunting. They probe the state’s weaknesses to move their agenda. The Western states that have a large population center like Denver metro are left-wing. That is because big-city folks don’t understand the country life or American traditions which includes wildlife conservation.

In New Mexico we can win some issues because half of the population is not metro. But from what I see we need to get some federal intervention to fight some very relevant issues. Overturning the legislative bodies in a metro Western state is a tough row to hoe. For instance delisting the lobo and gray wolf would be a huge win for hunting in both states. Delisting those wolves would take away a lot of the “power” the antis have. I do know from decades of personal experience in multiple Western states that when “non-hunting” commissioners are appointed hunting, fishing and trapping opportunity unravels quickly.