During its July meetings, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission made decisions on two long-standing debates around its management of a group of mesocarnivores hunted for their fur. All 17 furbearer species can be hunted with the purchase of a $10 permit on top of a small game license in Colorado. Colorado Parks and Wildlife/Courtesy PhotoCPW defends its scienceIn the discussions surrounding furbearer management, Parks and Wildlife has faced criticism from wildlife advocates that it lacks sufficient population data for some furbearer species to determine that hunting was not impacting populations. “Generally, this is not how wildlife management works, especially for furbearers. This, he said, is “instructive” because more bobcats are hunted than other furbearer species and live in lower densities than many of the others.