CPW Director Jeff Davis resigns

[WanderingWapiti]

I'm consistently donating to crwm. I'm happy dan gets on the podcasts and social media to give updates.

Should I take this to be the main org I should likely be giving to for this kind of thing - protecting CO hunting rights?

 

[street]

Should I take this to be the main org I should likely be giving to for this kind of thing - protecting CO hunting rights?

Yes, if you listen to the latest rokcast episode with Dan Gates, he explains why CRWM is unique in fighting this stuff at the legislative level compared to the other orgs out there.

 

[bayoublaster7527]

Should I take this to be the main org I should likely be giving to for this kind of thing - protecting CO hunting rights?

Absolutely. Dan provides consistent updates on what is going on in Colorado with wildlife management. His podcast and IG are great ways to stay informed. They will need every bit of resources they can muster to hold the line through the last year of the Polis administration. They are throwing everything at us- purging CPW and the commission of any hunting advocates through illegal terminations and appointments, citizen petitions to the commission, ballot initiatives, and general assembly legislation.

There are a ton of great organizations out there (I am a life member of many!) but CRWM stands out because I can see my money put into action. When I attend CPW Commission meetings I see CRWM there working. When I attend and testify in General Assembly committee hearings at the capitol, I see the CRWM lobbyists right there next to me testifying and engaging with legislators. They are at CPW Sportsmen’s Caucus and Legislative Sportsmen’s Representative Caucus leading the way. It’s nice to see your money put to work in real time. Meaningful, real tangible action.

Coloradans for Responsible Wildlife Management

We focus on the public’s interests for maintaining a century-old track record of our natural resources, including wildlife, habitat, and farms and ranches.

savethehuntcolorado.com

 

[WanderingWapiti]

Thank you @bayoublaster7527 and @street. I guess I know where my money's going next.

 

[street]

Thank you @bayoublaster7527 and @street. I guess I know where my money's going next.

FYI... direct Org communication/feedback about how my donation helps. Congrats to the raffle winners

 

[jeffpg]

What a cluster!

 

[WanderingWapiti]

Thanks @street. So, also sounds like SCI is involved in the political landscape.

 

[street]

Thanks @street. So, also sounds like SCI is involved in the political landscape.

They partner with CRWM to raffle off hunts

 

[WanderingWapiti]

Copy that. Thanks for the info.

 

[bayoublaster7527]

Thanks @street. So, also sounds like SCI is involved in the political landscape.

SCI works very closely with CRWM. SCI helps CRWM with fundraising. It will take the whole hunting community working together (all the orgs) to fend off the attacks from the anti-hunting activists and Polis administration.

 

[WanderingWapiti]

SCI works very closely with CRWM. SCI helps CRWM with fundraising. It will take the whole hunting community working together (all the orgs) to fend off the attacks from the anti-hunting activists and Polis administration.

Very cool. For these raffles, is %100 of the revenue going to CRWM or is there some sort of split between CRWM and SCI? Just curious.

 

[bayoublaster7527]

Update- The saga continues. Quick roll-up

Who can forget how this all began? Gov’s office and DNR said Davis “stepped down”. Only after media inquiries did the truth come out, he was being terminated and chose to resign in lieu of. A glimpse into the lies and malfeasance of the Polis-Reis-Gibbs administration.

An interesting clip from the November CPW commission meeting in the most recent CRWM-Through the Gates Podcast. Commissioner Jess Beaulieu tries to bully the commission and CPW to take on the fur ban petition at the JAN commission meeting. A complete violation of established policy and process while completely undermining the furbearer and beaver working groups. Beaulieu is a noted anti-hunting activist who was fraudulently appointed and has continually violated commission policy, a complete embarrassment. Davis and commissioner Robinson both pushed back on Beaulieu’s request as a complete affront to established policy and procedure, clearly favoring anti-hunting/trapping activists.

Davis and Robinson are gone now. Coincidence? You cross Lord Polis-Reis and their hand-selected activists pals and you are shown the door.

 

[Maxhunter]

I’m sure folks are aware but Davis is now Deputy WY G&F director.

 

[Hnthrdr]

I didn’t know Murphy Robinson was gone already?! I know he wasn’t probably a super avid hunter but I worked with him professionally and I really liked him and thought he was a generally solid guy… ugh so frustrating. We have to clean CPW house no matter who wins the governorship… need to chimp out and get a whole new commission

 

[Hnthrdr]

I’m sure folks are aware but Davis is now Deputy WY G&F director.

Which absolutely wild to me… your telling me Wyoming couldn’t find a better #2? Although if he has a backbone would be hilarious if he does some crazy wolf depredation programs in southern wyo just to put a thumb in ole polis’ eye

 

[Maxhunter]

Which absolutely wild to me… your telling me Wyoming couldn’t find a better #2? Although if he has a backbone would be hilarious if he does some crazy wolf depredation programs in southern wyo just to put a thumb in ole polis’ eye

You can shoot wolves in southern WY. They’re treated like coyotes and no license required. WY has already shot quite a few of the CO released wolves. CO ask for the collars but WY told them to pound sand.

 

[Hnthrdr]

You can shoot wolves in southern WY. They’re treated like coyotes and no license required. WY has already shot quite a few of the CO released wolves. CO ask for the collars but WY told them to pound sand.

Yeah I know that, would be sweet if they sent state or federal trappers down there to really shore up that border and tip the hat to old Co

 

[bayoublaster7527]

I didn’t know Murphy Robinson was gone already?! I know he wasn’t probably a super avid hunter but I worked with him professionally and I really liked him and thought he was a generally solid guy… ugh so frustrating. We have to clean CPW house no matter who wins the governorship… need to chimp out and get a whole new commission

Oh yeah. I think he left in early December. He was the lone vocal advocate for hunters on the commission. A real standup guy. This is part of the plan. With him gone, Polis will leave his seat open for as much time as possible. Likely enough time to get a fur ban, trapping eliminated, and mountain lion hunting ban through the commission.

Whether people want to believe or not, Director Jeff Davis was fired for being too favorable to hunters, trappers, and livestock producers. He wouldn’t cave to the anti-hunting, anti-agriculture activists in the Polis-Reis inner circle so they terminated him. This will allow them to quickly appoint a director completely divorced from sportsmen and women. They now have Colorado Sierra Club-Anti-hunting reps Emerick and Silva-Blayney in place to give them a majority on the commission. It’s about to get real bad……..

@Howl For Wildlife
@robby denning

 

[Wagondriver]

As a former Colorado resident of 35 years, Colorado is gone. The ship is sinking, correction, the ship has sunk, it just hasn't reached the ocean floor yet.
I used to know a few DOW officers, testified in one trial, turned in more than a few poachers, those guys then cared, and did what they could. But, people that care and do their job to manage wildlife are being purged from the ranks rapidly. Sadly, I don't think there is anything anyone can do. You can't vote your way out of this, even if the front range wasn't predominantly woke lefties.