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The Future of Colorado's Wildlife Depends on You!
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 Colorado's Wildlife Story ~ Wildlife Management
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At the turn of the 19th century, Colorado sportsmen, scientists and conservationists recognized that Colorado's wildlife was headed for serious trouble. The westward expansion into Colorado was decimating wildlife populations.
Working together, Colorado sportsmen and conservationists lobbied for state legislature for wildlife management programs. This effort eventually gave birth to the State Wildlife Agency. Sportsmen worked with the state agency on both fish stocking programs and programs designed to maximize the land's ability to support wildlife.
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Wildlife managers and sportsmen knew that regulated hunting, fishing and trapping was necessary as a source of food, revenue and sport, and also to control surplus populations. Theodore Roosevelt, Aldo Leopold, and Pope & Young led this contingent of early conservationists. Due to the implementation of protective regulations and annual hunting seasons, wildlife populations have remained healthy and part of the overall land use philosophy.
The continued relationship among Colorado's sportsmen, conservationists and the Division of Wildlife has developed into one of the best professional wildlife management programs in the nation, as it remains so today. An example of this effective cooperation took place during the severe winter of 1983-84. Colorado's wildlife were facing tremendous losses, but with the help and financial support of sportsmen, conservationists and the Division of Wildlife, feeding programs were developed and many wildlife populations were able to survive the harsh winter. This type of commitment explains why Colorado's abundant wildlife populations are here today for all the people of Colorado to enjoy.
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Coloradans today are facing growing social trends that reflect a lack of understanding of wildlife management, habitat loss and the consequent economic and social benefits of hunting and fishing. For example, most Coloradans are unaware that the hunting and fishing industry is the state's largest tourism source of revenue. Clearly, sportsmen have failed to tell the wildlife story.
"It's up to the hunting community to organize itself and get the TRUTH out, and counteract the misconception, the emotionalizing and misinformation that we so often see." John Turner, Director - U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
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