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After contentious votes, public and officials demand clarity on furbearer petition and wolf actions; commission agrees to replay audio and restate motions
Summary
Hundreds of public commenters at the March 5 CPW meeting urged the commission to revisit a prior-day vote on a furbearer petition and to spare a young 'Copper Creek' wolf; commissioners acknowledged procedural confusion, agreed to replay audio and restate motion language, and took two unanimous votes on a chronic depredation permit denial and a Bar Lake acquisition.
The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission spent substantial time on March 5 responding to public concern about its prior-day actions and to repeated calls for procedural clarity.
Multiple speakers — including former commissioners, county elected officials and livestock producers — told the commission they were confused by the way a furbearer petition vote unfolded the previous day and asked that the body reconsider or at least restate the exact motion for the record. Speakers repeatedly said the motion appeared to conflate multiple, separately noticed agenda items and that several commissioners and staff seemed uncertain during the vote.
"Please reconsider that," urged…
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