On 12 November 2014 the US Fish and Wildlife listed the Gunnison Sage Grouse as a ‘threatened species’ under the Endangered Species Act. This was done in spite of the ongoing efforts by farmers and ranchers to protect the grouse by local actions such as the Gunnison Plan, which is proving successful. For those of you in the affected habitat area, we have written a sample letter, with contact information, which you may wish to cut-and-paste, edit, or ignore. You may want to review any agreement you have with the US Government, such as CRP, to see if you have already ceded authority for them to access your property.
Be it known to all DATE
On Wednesday, 12 November2014, the US Fish and Wildlife Service listed the Gunnison Sage Grouse as a ‘threatened species’ in portions of southwest Colorado and adjoining eastern Utah. This action supposedly preempts ongoing efforts by private and public entities of the Sovereign State of Colorado to preserve this species. Efforts which in the Gunnison River Basin are proving successful and are being devised for the Four Corners Region. I can only conclude that this action by USFWS is more about control of private property and less about some bird.
Neither the Constitution of the United States nor of the Sovereign State of Colorado allows this Agency and its actions. I refer to Article 1, Section 8 of the US Constitution and to Article 1 of the Constitution of the Sovereign State of Colorado. The first reference does not allow for Federal ownership of the land included in the proposed Grouse habitat. Nor does it provide for such regulation over private property. The second reference describes the boundaries of the Sovereign State of Colorado with no ‘carve-out’ for Federal public lands.
As a Sovereign Citizen of the Sovereign State of Colorado and as a free-born citizen of the United States, I declare the following:
With the exception of harm to my life, livelihood, or wellbeing, I have no intention of harming or harassing wildlife of the State of Colorado which may from time to time transit my private property.
The USFWS has no authority of access to my private property.
No other Agency of either the State or Federal Government has authority to access my private property without proper cause and a criminal warrant.
Any intrusion without such warrant will be considered 3rd degree criminal trespass and referred to the proper County law enforcement authority.
SIGNED
NAME
ADDRESS
PHONE
CC:
Jerry Martin, Sheriff, Dolores County, CO, 409 North Main Street P.O. Box 505, Dove Creek CO 81324
Dolores County, CO BOCC, 409 North Main Street, P.O. Box 608, Dove Creek, CO 81324
Will Furse, District Attorney, CO 22nd Judicial District, 103 North Chestnut, Cortez, CO 81321
USFWS, Office of External Affairs, 134 Union Blvd., Lakewood, Colorado 80228
John Hickenlooper, Governor of Colorado, 136 State Capitol, Denver, CO 80203-1792
Cory Gardner, US Senator-elect, 514 S Ash St. Yuma, CO 80759-2704
213 Cannon HOB, Washington, D.C. 20515
Michael Bennet, US Senator, 1127 Sherman St., Suite 150, Denver, Colorado 80203
458 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510
Scott Tipton, US Representative, 835 E. Second Avenue, Suite 230, Durango, CO 81301
218 Cannon HOB, Washington, DC 20515
Ellen Roberts, CO State Senator, P.O. Box 3373, Durango, CO 81302
Colorado State Capitol, 200 E. Colfax Ave., Denver, CO 80203
Don Coram, CO State Representative, PO Box 3007, Montrose, CO 81402-3007
Colorado State Capitol, 200 East Colfax, Denver, CO 80203
J. Paul Brown, CO State Representative-elect, PO Box 178, Ignacio, CO 81137
Colorado State Capitol, 200 E. Colfax Ave. Denver, CO 80203