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Committee advances bill to permanently reauthorize Colorado Habitat Stamp program
Summary
The House Agriculture, Natural Resources and Water Committee advanced Senate Bill 49 to the Finance Committee after bill sponsors and conservation groups urged making the Colorado Wildlife Habitat Stamp program permanent.
The House Agriculture, Natural Resources and Water Committee advanced Senate Bill 49 to the Finance Committee after bill sponsors and conservation groups urged making the Colorado Wildlife Habitat Stamp program permanent.
Representative Martinez, a sponsor of the bill, told the committee the bill would "reauthorize the Colorado Wildlife Habitat Stamp," and stressed the program's user-funded model: revenues come from the sale of habitat stamps associated with hunting and fishing licenses and "have resulted in the conservation of 320,000 acres, over 117,000 acres of expanded public access, and 400 miles of river access," testimony said.
The Habitat Stamp program, established in 2006,…
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