KNOW THE SCORE!

Welcome to the 2009 Conservation Scorecard, created by Colorado Conservation Voters (CCV) in partnership with conservation leaders throughout the state. CCV turns conservation values into priorities by advocating for strong environmental policies, endorsing pro-environment candidates, and holding elected officials accountable. This marks the thirteenth year CCV has published the scorecard.

The scorecard provides factual, nonpartisan information about how each member of the Colorado State Legislature voted on a range of conservation issues. To compile this scorecard, CCV asked the respected experts listed here to select the most important conservation votes of the year. The scorecard includes only those House and Senate votes on which the conservation community clearly communicated its position to legislators, and except in rare circumstances, excludes non-controversial consensus votes. Scorecards for every year since 1997 are available here.

We encourage you to examine the scores of your legislators and match your conservation values with their votes. We also encourage you to call or write your legislators and let them know you follow their environmental scores.  Phone numbers and email addresses can also be found on the individual legislator pages on this website.  To determine your member of the House and Senate, check the maps here or go to www.vote-smart.org for help.

CCV greatly appreciates all of the lawmakers who work so hard for the people of Colorado.

Special thanks go to Ellynne Bannon, Ben Prochazka, Carrie Curtiss and Pam Kiely for their hard work preparing this document.

Carrie Doyle

Executive Director