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Summit Daily
October 20th, 2026 | By Howard Brown
Proposition 137 “Direct Sporting Goods Sales Tax Revenue for Conservation” purports to be environmentally favorable, but hides an agenda of more clearcutting and deforestation. The deceptive doublespeak starts immediately with “Without raising taxes …” standard for obviously false end-runs around TABOR, as reducing refunds is the same as raising taxes.
The Colorado Sun
October 12th, 2026 | By Thomas Veblen
Colorado should reject Proposition 137 this November. Before permanently committing tens of millions of public dollars to landscape-scale fuel mitigation, the state should invest much more in proven, directly actionable protection: home hardening, ember-resistant construction and defensible space within the HIZ.
Complete Colorado
September 21st, 2026 | Mike Rawluck
TABOR exists to protect Colorado taxpayers from runaway government spending. Proposition 137 would shred Colorado’s constitution by redirecting $175 million tax dollars yearly to unelected government agencies and unaccountable NGOs. It is bad tax policy for unsubstantiated “science” that may cause faster moving fires and put our firefighters, communities, and natural resources at risk.
The Denver Gazette
September 18th, 2026 | The Gazette Editorial Board
The bottom line is that Proposition 137 locks in a permanent carve-out, set by formula rather than legislative priorities–all the while shrinking refunds owed to taxpayers. It might be well-intentioned, but good intentions don’t excuse poor approaches. Vote no on 137.
The Denver Post
September 14th, 2026 | Josh Schlossberg
Proposition 137 would siphon $175 million in taxpayer dollars every year to degrade and destroy Colorado’s landscape by bankrolling industrial logging of tens of thousands of acres annually. The project would be done under the scientifically debunked and counterproductive guise of “wildfire prevention.”
Daily Camera
April 15th, 2026 | Josh Schlossberg
In opposition…Conservation Colorado, Western Resource Advocates and The Nature Conservancy (all of which endorse a ballot measure [Prop 137] to route more taxpayer funding to more public lands logging) successfully demanded that the Committee not allot a single additional dollar to protect the state’s most vulnerable residents’ homes from wildfire.
The Colorado Sun
April 9th, 2026 | By Nicholas Scritchfield
When the next fast fire comes — and it will — the consequences will be measured in homes lost and communities displaced. And the answer to why will be the same: We knew what worked, and we chose not to fund it.
August 12th, 2025 | By Josh Schlossberg
Colorado Newsline
Sadly, the consequences of these policies are not simply harm to forest ecosystems, watersheds, wildlife populations including endangered species, carbon-storage, and recreational opportunities. Ironically, the outcome is a likely increase in community vulnerability to wildfire through widespread tree removal.
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