Be there or be square.
STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. - Local sportsmen and women are invited to meet and discuss hunting and fishing issues with their citizen representatives during the Northwest Region Sportsmen's Roundtable caucus, Monday, Feb. 9 at 6 p.m. in Colorado Parks and Wildlife's Steamboat Springs office, 725 Weiss Drive.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife formed the Sportsmen's Roundtable in 2012 in a continuing effort to provide hunters and anglers with opportunities to submit input about wildlife management decisions. Consisting of elected and appointed delegates from each of the state's four wildlife management regions, the groups collect feedback from constituents in a variety of ways, including public meetings. The input is then relayed to Colorado Parks and Wildlife's leadership at the statewide Sportsmen's Roundtable meetings, held twice each year.
"This is a way to provide comments and concerns directly to a peer rather than an agency representative, which may help some people speak a little more freely," said appointed delegate Terry Meyers of Grand Junction. "We will then take the messages directly to high-level agency representatives, where it will be considered in future management decisions."
There are a variety of topics open for discussion, including CPW's 2015 Strategic Plan, the West Slope Mule Deer Strategy, and ideas and concepts for generating revenue.
"The public's comments are a very important part of managing the state's natural resources," said CPW's Area Wildlife Manager Jim Haskins, of Steamboat Springs. "The Roundtable has been a great way to generate discussions and gather ideas from our constituents, so I invite our local sportsmen to come and meet their representatives."
Regional Sportsmen’s Caucus meetings are open to any hunter or angler who has an interest in the region in which they hunt or fish. The meetings can include any number of participants; no active hunter or angler will be excluded from the discussion.
In addition to voicing their opinions at regional meetings, members of the public can contact their local representatives directly at any time.
The next Statewide Sportsmen's Roundtable meeting is scheduled for Feb. 28, in Denver.
For more information about the Sportsmen's Roundtable, go to www.cpw.state.co.us/aboutus/Pages/Roundtable.aspx
Who: Northwest Region Sportsmen's Roundtable
What: Regional Caucus meeting
When: 6 p.m., Monday, Feb. 9, 2015
Where: Colorado Parks and Wildlife office, 725 Weiss Drive, Steamboat Springs