PEERMail | State Ballot Measures Take the Lead on Conservation

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A lot is at stake in the coming election. In an analysis of Project 2025, PEER’s Rocky Mountain Director, Chandra Rosenthal, looks at how Project 2025 would gut public lands and wildlife protections and weaken the pillars of our civil service. It is a lot worse than you might imagine. 

She also reminds us that the people and institutions behind Project 2025 are playing the long game politically, just like they did with their efforts to stack the Supreme Court. No matter who wins this election, the ideas espoused in Project 2025 will influence policies and our environmental work for years to come. 

As a result of this looming national threat, many states are working to tighten their laws and regulations to protect wildlife, the environment, and public health. One effort that caught my eye was in Colorado, where Prop 127 will be on the ballot this November. This law would prohibit the trophy hunting of mountain lions, lynx, and bobcats.  

Take a moment to listen to Dan Ashe, former Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, discuss why this proposition is so important and why trophy hunting these animals is so cruel.

Thanks for sharing this video and remember to vote!

Tim Whitehouse
Executive Director  

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