10/12/2026
Vote NO on 83. Stop the out-of-state power grab.
✅Out-of-state groups want their preferred wildlife policy locked into Colorado’s Constitution. The Wisconsin-based International Order of T. Roosevelt is a major backer. Colorado shouldn’t hand these groups a new constitutional tool to challenge our wildlife rules.
✅Hunting and fishing are already legal. A NO vote keeps them legal under existing law.
✅83 changes Colorado’s Constitution. Fixing its language later requires another statewide vote. We will be living with these words long after the campaign ads disappear.
✅ “Traditional methods” is undefined. The amendment protects methods without telling voters exactly which ones it means. Courts get to interpret that language later.
✅ “Preferred means” gives hunting and fishing constitutional preference. Wildlife managers should choose the tools that fit the problem. We shouldn’t put one approach ahead of others in the Constitution.
✅“If the law is necessary” puts a condition on regulation. Our objection is straightforward: it gives groups another constitutional argument against wildlife protections, including laws voters approve.
✅Colorado gets the legal bills. Additional costs could arise from legal advice and litigation if regulations are challenged under the new right. That’s public money spent defending wildlife rules.
✅Safari Club International, a trophy hunting group headquartered in Washington, D.C., is already suing the CPW Commission over furbearer limits. They didn’t even wait for 83 to pass or fail. (safariclub.org, safariclub.org)
For more information and sources, visit our page, Protect Colorado’s Constitution.
Paid for by Protect Colorado’s Constitution.
Sources:
* Final Amendment 83 text
* Colorado’s 2026 Blue Book, pages 21–23
* Colorado Newsline: campaign backing and funding
* Safari Club International’s October 2 lawsuit announcement
