10/21/2026
Repost from Coloradans For Responsible Wildlife Management
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Colorado Wildlife Professionals Add Their Voice to Growing Support for Amendment 83
DENVER, Colo.—The Colorado Wildlife Employees Protective Association (CWEPA), representing roughly 200 current and former wildlife professionals, has formally announced its support for Amendment 83, adding an important professional voice to growing statewide support for Colorado’s Right to Hunt and Fish.
CWEPA joins dozens of Colorado-based organizations representing hundreds of thousands of Coloradans, including hunting and angling organizations, agricultural groups, conservation organizations and county governments, that have taken a public position in support of Amendment 83.
CWEPA’s position is significant because its members have spent their careers working directly in wildlife management. In announcing its support, the organization recognized hunting and fishing as primary wildlife management tools, affirmed the tenets of the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation, and stated that Colorado’s wildlife resources are best protected, enhanced and managed by science-based wildlife professionals.
“When the people who have dedicated their careers to managing Colorado’s wildlife step forward and take a public position, that matters,” said Dan Gates, campaign manager for Colorado’s Wildlife Deserves Better. “CWEPA is joining organizations representing hundreds of thousands of Coloradans who are making a clear and definitive stance behind Colorado’s established model for professional wildlife management. It’s rooted in sound science and has been the proven conservation model that has served this state for over a century.”
