by lpd-admin | Mar 24, 2021 | Colorado Hunting and Tag Allocation
In March 2021, Colorado finally proposed a Senate Bill, SB 21-150 (Reserve Big Game Hunting Licenses for Residents), to ease resident hunter frustration as a result of a tag allocation bias inflicted on resident hunters for decades —-when compared to other...
by PLJ Admin | Mar 29, 2024 | Colorado Hunting and Tag Allocation
On April 5, 2024, the CPW Commissioners (appointment by Governor Polis (D)) will meet to discuss cancelling all Over-the-Counter (OTC) Archery Elk Hunting in Colorado for residents and non-residents. Elections have consequences and the hunters need to think twice...
by lpd-admin | Feb 10, 2024 | Colorado Hunting and Tag Allocation
The average Western state has a 90/10 big game tag allocation split for resident / nonresident hunters on all limited licenses. 90% of the elk, deer, and pronghorn licenses go to the residents of the average western state and only 10% are reserved for the visiting...
by lpd-admin | Feb 5, 2024 | Colorado Hunting and Tag Allocation
Do you ever wonder why it is so hard to find out how many hundreds or thousands of nonresident elk hunters are putting in for a tag in a western state? I was recently trying to determine what the real draw odds are in the 2024 Arizona Elk draw. A review of the...
by PLJ Admin | Jan 31, 2024 | Federal Land Jurisdiction
Is the BLM busy buying / acquiring private lands in Colorado and other western states and how is this possible with a federal deficit of $34 Trillion dollars? Just do some googling and you will find the BLM is busy acquiring private lands in Colorado and in other...
by PLJ Admin | Nov 27, 2023 | Federal Land Jurisdiction
The United States Forest Service (USFS) Law Enforcement is taking public comment until December 4, 2023, and they want to know if you are okay with the USFS unconstitutionally and illegally enacting enclave law on all USFS National Forests. That’s right they...
by PLJ Admin | Aug 22, 2023 | Colorado Hunting and Tag Allocation
Colorado Sells More Nonresident Elk Licenses Than All Western States Combined Recent research shared by the Colorado Resident Hunter Association Facebook group reveals that Colorado sells more nonresident elk tags than all seven western states combined. The numbers...
by PLJ Admin | Aug 16, 2023 | Colorado Hunting and Tag Allocation
The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission is meeting on August 25, 2023, in Steamboats Springs to discuss the possible removal of Over The Counter (OTC) elk tags in Colorado. Resident OTC elk hunters (rifle + archery) have declined by 8,000 since 2014, but...
by PLJ Admin | Jul 26, 2023 | Colorado Hunting and Tag Allocation
The Facebook Group Colorado Resident Hunter Association has launched a petition to save OTC elk hunting (archery and rifle) for residents only. They are trying to restore equity in tag allocation and address the overcrowding on Colorado public land hunting. This...
by PLJ Admin | Jun 3, 2023 | Federal Land Jurisdiction
In 2022 the following complaint was filed with the DOJ, DOI, BLM Colorado State Director, BLM Utah State Director, Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, and Colorado Attorney General Phil Wier. The complaint was registered on the following websites:...
by PLJ Admin | Mar 8, 2023 | Colorado Hunting and Tag Allocation
Colorado State House Representative District 39, Brandi Bradley (R) presented HB23-1066 on February 27, 2023 and the public and special interest groups were there to give testimony in support or against the bill. It’s important to start educating hunters and...
by PLJ Admin | Dec 22, 2022 | Colorado Hunting and Tag Allocation
According to the Colorado Resident Hunter Association Facebook Page and this November 2022 CPW Commission Report, the resident hunters of Colorado recently were able to help convert over 2000 big game tags to the 80/20 (resident/nonresident) tag allocation by...
by lpd-admin | Oct 13, 2022 | Federal Land Jurisdiction
AGNC RESOLUTION # DEFINING LEGISLATIVE JURISDICTION AND AUTHORITY ON FEDERAL LANDS WHEREAS, Legislative jurisdiction is the constitutional authority to make and enforce laws. A transfer of the state’s legislative jurisdiction to the...
by lpd-admin | Apr 17, 2022 | Federal Land Jurisdiction
https://publiclandjurisdiction.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/4.18.22-AGNC-JURISDICTION-RESOLUTION-draft.pdf RESOLUTION # _______________ DEFINING LEGISLATIVE JURISDICTION AND AUTHORITY ON FEDERAL LANDS WHEREAS, Legislative jurisdiction is the constitutional...
by lpd-admin | Aug 29, 2021 | Federal Land Jurisdiction
In December 2020, Federal Judge Jackson ruled to reopen County Road 200 and North Dry Fork Road in Garfield County Colorado – Judge Jackson’s detailed ruling and history of the case. This ruling reopened between 50,000 and 90,000 acres of BLM-managed...
by lpd-admin | Apr 23, 2021 | Federal Land Jurisdiction
Yesterday the US House passed The Washington, DC Admission Act (H.R. 51) which would make the most populated federal enclave the 51st state if it passes the Senate. Some people that live in DC say they lack representation because they are not part of a State. In...
by lpd-admin | Feb 21, 2020 | Federal Land Jurisdiction
Has the BLM Turned Federally Managed Public Lands Into an Unconstitutional Federal Enclave that are Subject to Enclave Law? Is the BLM adopting (assimilating) state laws and prosecuting them as federal law without a cession of jurisdiction by the state legislature?...
by lpd-admin | Feb 9, 2020 | Federal Land Jurisdiction
This is a review of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers (FLETC) podcast titled, Territorial Jurisdiction on Federal Property, which is located online at https://www.fletc.gov/audio/territorial-jurisdiction-federal-property-mp3 . Most of the information on...
by lpd-admin | Dec 24, 2019 | Federal Land Jurisdiction
Colorado Proposes Illegal Retrocession and Nearly Turns all 24 Million Acres of Federal Lands in the State into a Federal Enclave In 2014 Colorado introduced a bill (SB 14-077) that proposed retroceding federal jurisdiction on federal lands throughout the state. ...
by lpd-admin | Dec 19, 2019 | Federal Land Jurisdiction
Legislative Jurisdiction on federally managed public lands in the western half of the United States is not complicated. The process required for the federal government to obtain legislative jurisdiction on federal public lands within a state has a very...