Our Endorsers
When Colorado stands together, it shows. A growing coalition of leaders, counties, organizations, and volunteers across the state is saying no on Colorado Amendment 83, the 2026 right to hunt and fish constitutional amendment.
Updated November 3, 2026
"We have all seen deep divisions and disagreements on Colorado's wildlife policies. But the solutions to those divisions will be reached through dialogue, listening, and collaboration - not through constitutional amendments, courtrooms, and lawsuits.
I support Colorado's sportsmen, anglers, and hunters and am grateful for their leadership in funding our state's conservation of our outdoors and wildlife. But Initiative 302 creates a vague constitutional right to protect hunting and fishing — one that's not only unnecessary, but leads to a host of unknown outcomes.
The right way to protect fishing and hunting is through sound engagement, good governance, and thoughtful, science-based decisions at the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission — not by litigation or judges forced to make sense of vague constitutional amendments. That's why I oppose Initiative 302."
Phil Weiser: Colorado gubernatorial candidate and Attorney General
"Amendment 83 would take away our ability to bring any restriction on safety standards or wildlife population concerns for hunting and could even jeopardize our state law restricting steel/jawed traps and snares that would put wildlife and pets at risk.
We can continue to protect access to hunting and our way of life that reflects our CO values.
Please vote NO on 83."
"Colorado’s public lands belong to all of us, and decisions about how we manage them should be guided by science, public input, and the people who know our lands and wildlife best. Hunting and fishing are already legal in Colorado, and our state has a strong tradition of supporting sportsmen while responsibly conserving our natural resources.
Amendment 83 would put vague and unnecessary language into our state constitution and could invite years of litigation and uncertainty over how wildlife policies are made. We should be bringing Coloradans together to find common ground, not locking poorly defined policies into our constitution."
"Hunting & fishing are part of our way of life in Colorado—and are already protected under our state’s law. Amendment 83 is a dangerous overreach that Coloradans don’t need. It threatens to unwind both commonsense protections for our wildlife, and it ignores longstanding guardrails for hunting that work.
Jason Crow: United States Representative
"Hunting and Fishing are well established and overseen by expert wildlife biologists at Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Putting this in the constitution raises many questions as to what problem are we trying to solve and what are the motives behind this proposed amendment? I am voting NO."
“I worry this new constitutional right could someday be used to challenge protections Coloradans have already put in place around certain trapping practices. I also worry that it could be used to challenge restrictions on certain hunting methods or seasons, including efforts to allow practices such as spring hunting, which I do not support and neither do Coloradans.”
Monica Duran: House Majority Leader, HD2
Elected Officials
Polis, Jared: Governor of Colorado
Weiser, Phil: Attorney General of Colorado
Crow, Jason: U.S. Representative, CO-6
Neguse, Joe: U.S. Representative, CO-2
Pettersen, Brittany: U.S. Representative, CO-7
Duran, Monica: House Majority Leader, HD2
Amabile, Judy: State Senator, SD18
Ball, Matt: State Senator, SD31
Boesenecker, Andy: State Representative
Bridges, Jeff: State Senator, SD26
Brockett, Aaron: Mayor, City of Boulder
Brown, Kyle: State Representative, HD12
Cameron, Don: City Councilor, Ward 3, Golden
Conklin, Steve: Mayor, City of Edgewater
Cutter, Lisa: State Senator, SD20
Garcia, Lorena: State Representative, HD35
Goldstein, Lori: State Representative, HD29
Hinds, Chris: Denver City Councilman, District 10
Joseph, Junie: State Representative, HD10
Kipp, Cathy: State Senator, SD14
Levy, Claire: Boulder County Commissioner
Mabrey, Javier: State Representative, HD1
Marchman, Janice: State Senator, SD15
McCormick, Karen: State Representative, HD11
Moorman, Randy: Mayor Pro Tem, Arvada
Nguyen, Kenny: State Representative, HD33
Paschal, Amy: State Representative, HD18
Phillips, Jacque: State Representative, HD31
Smith, Lesley: State Representative, HD49
Speer, Nicole: Boulder City Council Member
Story, Tammy: State Representative
Valdez, Alex: State Representative, HD5
Velasco, Elizabeth: State Representative, HD57
Vigil, Steph: State Representative, HD16
Wallace, Katie: State Senator, SD17
Watson, Darrell: Denver City Councilman, District 9
Weinberg, Laura: Mayor, City of Golden
Weissman, Mike: State Senator, SD28
Willford, Jenny: State Representative, HD34
Former Officials
Ashe, Dan: Former Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and CEO, Association of Zoos and Aquariums
Udall, Mark: Former U.S. Senator
Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commissioners
Beaulieu, Jess, J.D.: Manager, Animal Law Program and Faculty Co-Director, Animals Forward Executive Certificate Program, University of Denver Sturm College of Law
LeCoq, Johnny: Founder, Fishpond LLC; Co-Founder, Beyond The Pond; Co-Founder, Science on the Fly; Member, Woodwell Climate Research Center
Murphy, Jack: Colorado Parks and Wildlife-Licensed Wildlife Rehabilitator; Co-Founder and Director, Urban Wildlife Rescue
Niemiec, Rebecca, Ph.D.: Conservation Psychology, Spatial Ecology, and Collective Action; Professor, Colorado State University (CSU), Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources; Co-Founder and Co-Director, CSU Animal-Human Policy Center
Reading, Rich, Ph.D.: Wildlife Ecology and Human Dimensions of Wildlife Management; Honorary Doctorate, National Education University of Mongolia; Director and CEO, Action for a Wild Earth
Tutchton, Jay, J.D.: Co-Founder, Environmental Law Clinic; Professor of Wildlife, Environmental, and Animal Protection Law, University of Denver Sturm College of Law
County Democratic Parties
Arapahoe
Boulder
Denver
Eagle
Gunnison
Jefferson
Larimer
Mesa
Montezuma
Park
Pitkin
Routt
San Miguel
Summit
Scientists
Bekoff, Marc, Ph.D.: Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado Boulder
Doak, Daniel, Ph.D.: Professor, Department of Environmental Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
Finkelstein, Myra, Ph.D.: Professor of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Santa Cruz
Kosnett, Michael J., M.D., M.P.H.: Medical Toxicologist; Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health, Colorado School of Public Health
Leslie, Elaine F., Ph.D.: Wildlife Biologist; Former Chief of Biological Resources, U.S. National Park Service
Parsons, Dave: Lead Biologist, Mexican Gray Wolf Recovery, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Pokras, Mark A., D.V.M.: Professor, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University; Former Director, Tufts Wildlife Clinic
Pustmueller, Carse, Ph.D.; Animal Ecologist and Ethologist; Former Scientist with National Audubon Society; Former Executive Director of the Colorado Headwaters Land Trust in Grand County, Colorado
Smith, Donald, Ph.D.: Distinguished Professor of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California, Santa Cruz
Legal Scholars
Beaulieu, Jess: Attorney; Assistant Director, University of Denver Animal Law Program
Marceau, Justin: Professor of Law, University of Denver
Silverman, Steven C.: Professor of Law, University of Colorado
Editoral Boards
The Daily Camera
The Denver Post
The Durango Herald
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel
Pagosa Daily Post
Yellow Scene Magazine
Political Action Committees
Organizations
Action for a Wild Earth
AnimalAction Network
Animal Legal Defense Fund
Animal Rescue of the Rockies
Animal Welfare Institute
Animal Wellness Action
Arkansas Valley Audubon Society
Attorneys for Animals
Boulder County Audubon Society
Broken Shovels Farm Sanctuary
Butterfly Pavilion
Center for Biological Diversity
Center for a Humane Economy
Citizens for a Healthy Community
Colorado Bear Coalition
Colorado Nature Action
Colorado Native Bird Care and Conservation
Colorado Voters for Animals
Colorado Wolf and Wildlife Center
ColoradoWild
Defenders of Wildlife
Denver Audubon
EcoFlight
Endangered Species Coalition
Erie Together
Front Range Nesting Bald Eagles Studies
Friends of Animals
Grasslands Colorado
Happy Brain Counseling
Humane Colorado
Humane World for Animals
International Wildlife Coexistence Network
Luvin’ Arms Animal Sanctuary
Mercy For Animals
People & Pollinators Action Network
Prairie Protection Colorado
Pro-Animal Future
Project Coyote
Rewilding America Now
Rewilding Institute
River Runners for Wilderness
Roaring Fork Audubon
Rocky Mountain Wild
Rocky Mountain Wildlife Alliance
Rocky Mountain Wolf Project
San Juan Citizens Alliance
Science for Colorado Wildlife
Sierra Club Colorado Chapter
Skedaddle Humane Wildlife Control
Southern Plains Land Trust
Summit Dog Rescue
Western Watersheds Project
Wild Aware
Wild Animal Sanctuary
Wild Blessings Project
Wild Nature Media
WildEarth Guardians
Wildlife Coalition of Douglas County Colorado
Wildlife for All
Wyoming Untrapped
Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
Voter and Community Organizations
Boulder Progressives
Colorado Ceasefire
Colorado Coalition Against Gun Violence
Colorado Common Cause
Indivisible Colorado
Keep Colorado’s Voice: No Amendment 83
League of Women Voters of Colorado
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America
ProgressNow Colorado
Protect Colorado’s Constitution
Voces Unidas
Endorsements
A growing coalition of leaders, counties, and organizations working together to protect Colorado’s wildlife and keep our constitution from being rewritten by out-of-state special interests.
Vote No Amendment 83
Help Keep Colorado's Wildlife Decisions in the Hands of Coloradans.