Coloradans to vote on ballot measure to increase funding for conservation, wildfire mitigation

By: Chase Woodruff

Outlets: Colorado Newsline

Published: August 25, 2026

Words: 717

Last Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago

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Colorado voters will decide this November whether to boost funding for conservation and wildfire mitigation projects by exempting tax revenue from sporting goods sales from constitutional limits set by the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights.

Proposed Initiative 308, backed by The Nature Conservancy and a handful of other environmental groups, qualified for the ballot after submission of a sufficient number of petition signatures to state elections officials, the Colorado secretary of state’s office said Friday. …

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