By Marianne Goodland | Colorado Politics
A coalition of more than 20 agriculture, outdoor recreation and sports groups are advocating for the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee to reject three appointees to the state’s parks and wildlife commission.
The committee’s makeup indicates the appointees may have a tough time at today’s hearing, and the hearing comes at a time when the Polis administration is already under fire from ranchers and others over bungled communications tied to the release of wolves in Grand County in December. That included a contentious hearing in January in the same committee.
The appointees, the coalition wrote in a letter obtained by Colorado Politics, are not qualified and have been appointed based on their biases against the very people they are supposed to represent. Notable among the coalition, at least five organizations representing outdoor recreation interests.