Hunters and sportsmen have opposed the nominated commissioners. One appointee has already resigned.
Colorado Parks & Wildlife Senior Video Producer Jerry NealOn Tuesday, March 12, the Colorado Senate confirmed Colorado Parks & Wildlife board appointees Jessica Beaulieu, 19-15, and Jack Murphy, 23-11.
“We don't know of anything in the past ten years where a commission appointment hasn’t gone through,” says Lindsay Larris, wildlife program director for WildEarth Guardians, a conservation nonprofit that works in Colorado. “This seems weirdly personal — potentially somewhat about wolf reintroduction not being done in a way that they liked.”, directing CPW to reintroduce wolves by the end of 2023.
“I sat with Commissioner Skiba for sixteen to eighteen months on the Stakeholder Advisory Group for the wolf management plan,” Gates says. “To my recollection, and most of my counterparts, he never, ever represented himself as a sportsman.” Roberts also specifically brought up Skiba’s testimony against his vetoed bill, which Skiba clarified was due to
“Senator Roberts is really doing us a disservice by not advancing all three nominees for work when they are clearly exceptionally talented,” Samantha Miller, Colorado director of the Animal Wellness Action group, says. “It's always frustrating to see when special interests or single issues will deter the course of really important wildlife conservation.”
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