Oregon Funds Conservation and a Colorado Controversy

About this episode

Dave and Nephi discuss state actions around conservation, including Oregon's lodging tax and Colorado's fur ban.

In their first ever video podcast (visit the Your Mountain YouTube channel), Dave and Nephi dive into state actions around conservation. Topics include: Oregon's new 1.25% lodging tax for wildlife; How other states fund wildlife management; why we should stop saying "consumptive user" and "non-consumptive user"; Colorado moving forward with banning the sale of fur; Idaho debating prohibiting certain technology in hunting (we got the status of this one wrong, so feel free to fast forward and listen to a deeper, and more accurate dive in our next episode); and more.

People in this episode

Hosts: David Willms, Nephi Cole

Topics covered

• conservation
• wildlife management
• lodging tax
• hunting technology
• fur ban

Keywords

• Oregon
• Colorado
• Idaho
• wildlife
• conservation
• hunting
• lodging tax
• fur ban

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Oregon, Colorado, Idaho

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