CPW Director Jeff Davis resigns

[LFC911]

Come on in we can use everyone! There are plenty of Co folks here if you want any info on places you are moving

We have a friend/coworker that lives in Fairplay and i fell in love with his property. 35 acres right at 10k feet and a view of Pikes Peak on a clear day. Not sure if I need that much land but i loved the view. Been watching zillow and he'll let me know if there's anything that pops up around him. Close enough to civilization if you need something but far enough away to be secluded as well. @Hnthrdr send me a PM if there are some other areas you think we should consider.

 

[COCowboy]

Agree. Venting is important as is being informative. Just very tired of it all happening. Honestly I don’t normally open these threads unless someone reported something, living in it everyday I come here to escape.

@MtnW I’m just exhausted from the ongoing political climate here, sorry if I came off dismissive to you. I know a lot of residents are trying on direct personal interactions even if we seem absent online.

Agree with you on the exhaustion @fngTony .
I run an agri-tourism business and the wolf discussion comes up daily. It can be so mind numbing, anxiety, anger and frustration inducing.
But the point you and @bayoublaster7527 make about engaging non-hunters and educating is spot on. I'd like to reinforce that point. Sorry if I'm an overzealous noob...
Many of our clients (from all walks of life) are ignorant about the situation, but I've not had one who wasn't sympathetic to our plight after listening to a fact-based discussion of the failures of the program, the burdens it has placed upon us and threat it is to our future. The point being that there are plenty of non-hunters and non-ag people who can still listen to and appreciate reason, logic and science.
We all need to keep engaging in discourse with our neighbors and co-residents. Stick to facts and limit how much emotion (anger) we express when trying to enlighten others about the failings and corruption of the wolf program and our new CPW.
Don't waste your time fighting the extremists. They'll just get you to make an emotional mistake they can then weaponize. Many of the more moderate-minded people who thought it was logical to bring back an animal eradicated from the landscape can also understand the logic (and science!) behind how much that landscape has changed and how it is no longer a viable habitat for said animal. They just never got that second half when they voted on 114. I think the win on 127 proved this but we can't get complacent.

 

[bayoublaster7527]

It just doesn’t seem right for the head of a fish and wildlife management agency to have a director who’s never held a hunting or fishing license.

It absolutely doesn’t to any reasonable person, R, D, or unaffiliated/independent. However, the Polis-Reis administration has a clear agenda, diminish and de-prioritize hunting and fishing, while elevating anti-hunting, anti-agriculture activists. And hoping no one will notice until it is too late and wildlife management has been completely changed forever.

 

[LFC911]

I keep seeing news stories and articles where where people are moving out of CO than moving in. Hopefully that ratio and is more D than R to help swing the majority back to the other side.

 

[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

When the Co balkanization is complete I’ll form alliances with the west and east and liberate the front range, using a rag tag group of roksliders haha

WOLVERINES!

 

[Maverick1]

I wanted to move to Colorado about twenty years ago after college graduation.

At the time, I was disappointed that the job offers did not work out.

After reflecting, I am glad they did not work out.

 

[COCowboy]

It absolutely doesn’t to any reasonable person, R, D, or unaffiliated/independent. However, the Polis-Reis administration has a clear agenda, diminish and de-prioritize hunting and fishing, while elevating anti-hunting, anti-agriculture activists. And hoping no one will notice until it is too late and wildlife management has been completely changed forever.

This is spot on. So frustrating. The outfitter's rep on the commission started her "outfitting" business in 2024 I believe. Has no prev experience outfitting and only runs fishing trips 2 days/week in the summer. Wonderful representation for all of our outfitters right?

I keep seeing news stories and articles where where people are moving out of CO than moving in. Hopefully that ratio and is more D than R to help swing the majority back to the other side.

I hope so too, but based on my very narrow perspective of my local community, I'd say the opposite is happening. Hopefully my micro point of view on this is skewed but I worry the Polis-Reis regime is growing its base

 

[Hnthrdr]

I wanted to move to Colorado about twenty years ago after college graduation.

At the time, I was disappointed that the job offers did not work out.

After reflecting, I am glad they did not work out.

Butterfly effect man… maybe Co would have become deep red if you did…

 

[bayoublaster7527]

This is spot on. So frustrating. The outfitter's rep on the commission started her "outfitting" business in 2024 I believe. Has no prev experience outfitting and only runs fishing trips 2 days/week in the summer. Wonderful representation for all of our outfitters right?

I hope so too, but based on my very narrow perspective of my local community, I'd say the opposite is happening. Hopefully my micro point of view on this is skewed but I worry the Polis-Reis regime is growing its base

It’s more than Silva-Blayney being unqualified …. Which she is. It was clear move to put a Colorado Sierra Club anti-hunting activist on the commission. She was a self-described “super-volunteer” and state leader with Colorado Sierra Club. They have publicly backed every anti-hunting initiative- Prop 127, HB 25-1258, etc. She encouraged others to sign a Humane Society petition to eliminate mountain lion and black bear hunting. She is supposed to represent outfitters despite openly advocating to eliminate hunting seasons that make up a decent portion of outfitters clientele.

 

[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

She is supposed to represent outfitters

This is all that needs to be said about the Polis administration, complete disregard for the user groups that are to be represented explicitly by these appointments.