Colorado Amendment 83
Why Amendment 83 Matters
Putting Colorado Wildlife Management in the hands of experts and pulling it out of the ballot box.
Constitutional Language
“An amendment to the Colorado Constitution creating a constitutional right to hunt, fish, and harvest fish and wildlife by traditional methods… establishing hunting and fishing as the preferred means of managing fish and wildlife populations, and preserving the right of the state to regulate hunting, fishing, and wildlife management if necessary for sound scientific wildlife conservation and management, public safety, or to preserve the future of hunting and fishing opportunities for all species.”
Colorado Wildlife Management is Under Attack
A new pattern has emerged in Colorado. One which prioritizes public opinion over the education and experience of wildlife biologists and Colorado Parks and Wildlife. The pattern puts wildlife decisions in the hands of voters by proposing major wildlife decisions on ballots to citizens who often do not understand natural ecosystems and the consequences these actions may bring. Amendment 83 serves to protect Coloradan's rights to hunt and fish in their state by adding language to the Colorado State Constitution that cannot be changed. The initiative to make hunting and fishing illegeal is coming to Colorado. In 2026, the ban was proposed and fortunately shot down in Oregon. This amendment designates wildlife management by Colorado Parks and Wildlife, instead of in largely uneducated voters. The attacks will not stop on Colorado Conservationists and the wildlife they love will not stop until there is a law they cannot break through.
CRWM Mission
We focus on the public’s best interests for maintaining a century-old track record of our natural resources, including wildlife, fisheries, habitat, and working farms and ranches.
Our goal is to enhance, promote and defend the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and responsible wildlife management.
"The wildlife and its habitat cannot speak, so we must and we will." - Theodore Roosevelt.