Last updated: 2026-10-16
National Wildlife Federation supports Colorado Proposition 137. Colorado Proposition 137 (formerly Initiative 308) is on the November 3, 2026 ballot. Prop 137 will provide support for existing but underfunded state grant programs that use science-backed tools to reduce wildfire risk and enhance watershed health, protecting both communities and drinking water.
Without raising taxes, Prop 137 will allow the state to keep the money it receives from the existing state sales tax on sporting goods and equipment and invest that money in crucial conservation work. It directs sales tax the state already collects on sporting goods: 47.5% to Great Outdoors Colorado, 47.5% to the Colorado Wildfire Prevention and Water Fund, 2.5% to the Outdoor Equity Fund and 2.5% to outdoor recreation economic development.
The National Wildlife Federation supports Proposition 137 because healthy forests, watersheds and public lands are the foundation of thriving wildlife. We work to unite all Americans to ensure wildlife and people thrive in a rapidly changing world. Reliable funding for conservation and wildfire prevention protects habitat across Colorado.
No. Proposition 137 does not create any new authority for commercial logging, and it does not require clear-cutting. It funds existing state wildfire, forest-health and watershed grant programs, using sales tax the state already collects on sporting goods. Projects those programs fund, including forest thinning to reduce wildfire fuel, still follow the programs' rules and state law.
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