"Any time a new law or tax is created I ask myself how did we ever survive without it in the past?"
It appears at some point in time, the CO legislature provided for the designation of State Wildlife areas (presumably the state owns these) and State Wildlife Leases (presumably the state leases these). This makes sense. Not every person who wants to hunt owns enough property to hunt on, or knows somebody with enough property to hunt on. A good percentage of hunters need public land on which to hunt.
I have no problem with the state designating or maintaining such areas. I have no problem with the state using licensing fees to maintain these areas.
These are not state parks, which presumably the citizens of Colorado already have access to, which, according to the article are funded by sources other than hunting and fishing licenses. These are areas specifically designated for and financially supported by hunters and anglers.
This "new tax" as you call it is new only in the sense that people who heretofore have been using the land but not paying anything into its upkeep (i.e. "hikers") will now have to share that burden with the citizens who already have been paying for it (i.e."hunters" and "anglers").
Tell you what Joe, how about I remove ten times my weight in forest debris and we can call it even?
*****This “new tax” as you call it is new only in the sense that people who heretofore have been using the land but not paying anything into its upkeep (i.e. “hikers”) will now have to share that burden with the citizens who already have been paying for it (i.e.”hunters” and “anglers”).*****
When are you going to get your head out of your ass and realize this is not about making things better, but just more enslavement? We the people are not allowed into our own country?
Privatize EVERYTHING!