Hooray for Colorado. Other states should follow suit. Everyone,=20 including birders, who uses state wildlife land should contribute=20 directly to its purchase and maintenance. Jim Williams Wayzata, Minnesota
Begin forwarded message: From: food...@aol.com Date: March 23, 2006 8:47:57 AM CST To: sd-bi...@yahoogroups.com, sf...@yahoogroups.com Subject: [sd-birds] Colorado New Wildlife Habitat Stamp South Dakota birders, For those who may be going to Colorado this year I thought I'd give a heads-up. I am leading a trip April 7-14 for Lesser Prairie Chicken=20 Gunnison Sage Grouse and White-tailed Ptarmigan (more of course, but these are the=20 targets) and got a kind post from a birder Re: the new Habitat Stamp required on=20 Colorado State Wildlife Areas. I had heard of it, but was not too worried. I then got a post forwarded by Bill Schmoker from COBIRDS that detailed=20= the requirements for the new Wildlife Stamp. And the wardens are checking. So I waited a lot on CO state telephone lines (no 800 numbers there) and heard recordings about how much killing birds and bears cost=20 innumerable times, but did finally get someone who could answer a few simple questions=20 (she was great). YES. Each *person* needs a license--not just each car. At first I had been told the licenses had to be purchased in CO at Div.=20= Of Wildlife Offices or places like Wal-mart where hunting licenses are=20 sold. BUT=85 they are available on line. I just purchased mine for $10.25. = Go=20 on line to the following address and follow the easy steps (MasterCard or=20= Visa in hand) to get a license. <<<www.wildlife.state.co.us>>> is the official site. You can see if <<<https://www1.wildlifelicense.com/co/>>> works=20 directly. That is the page where licenses are sold. BTW, I heartily approve. We should pay too. I have bought Duck Stamps=20 for years (as have many of us) but our contribution (admittedly probably=20 tiny--but NOT ZERO) shows up counted towards hunters' funding. This controversy=20 Re: buying duck stamps can be easily altered by this simple approach. Bravo,=20 Colorado! Doug Chapman Sioux Falls, SD