{"id":811,"date":"2026-06-04T19:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T19:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/animalhumanpolicy\/?p=811"},"modified":"2026-06-30T18:22:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T18:22:17","slug":"ahpc-co-director-appointed-to-colorado-parks-and-wildlife-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/animalhumanpolicy\/ahpc-co-director-appointed-to-colorado-parks-and-wildlife-commission\/","title":{"rendered":"AHPC Co-director Appointed to Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/warnercnr.source.colostate.edu\/rebecca-niemiec-appointed-to-colorado-parks-and-wildlife-commission\/\">From CSU SOURCE<\/a>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Gov. Jared Polis appointed Rebecca Niemiec, associate professor in\u00a0the\u00a0Warner College of Natural Resources\u2019 Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources and founder and co-director of Colorado State University\u2019s Animal-Human Policy Center, to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cpw.state.co.us\/committees\/colorado-parks-and-wildlife-commission\">Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Niemiec is one of three new appointments to the commission and will serve a term expiring July 1, 2029.&nbsp;Polis&nbsp;also reappointed two members.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission is a citizen board&nbsp;with&nbsp;11 voting members&nbsp;that sets regulations and policies for Colorado\u2019s state parks and wildlife programs, including&nbsp;hunting and fishing regulations,&nbsp;wildlife&nbsp;management&nbsp;and&nbsp;outdoor recreation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cColorado\u2019s parks and wildlife deserve commissioners who bring real, lived experience to this work,\u201d Polis said in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/governorsoffice.colorado.gov\/governor\/news\/governor-polis-appoints-three-new-members-colorado-parks-and-wildlife-commission-reappoints\">June 3&nbsp;announcement<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Niemiec brings&nbsp;expertise&nbsp;in conservation social science, animal protection&nbsp;policy&nbsp;and human-wildlife coexistence to the role. Her research focuses on public perspectives on wildlife management, conservation&nbsp;policy,&nbsp;and the relationships between people,&nbsp;animals&nbsp;and natural resources. She has authored more than 30 peer-reviewed publications and led stakeholder&nbsp;processes&nbsp;and social science research focused on conservation and animal protection.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before launching the AHPC&nbsp;in 2023, Niemiec served as&nbsp;the&nbsp;manager of the&nbsp;Colorado Department of Agriculture\u2019s&nbsp;Bureau of Animal Protection, where she and her team addressed domestic animal mistreatment throughout the state. The&nbsp;AHPC&nbsp;works with policymakers&nbsp;and&nbsp;agencies&nbsp;to develop science-informed solutions that&nbsp;improve the lives of&nbsp;both people and animals.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWildlife management involves integrating biological science with public interests and values to achieve both social and ecological outcomes,\u201d said Niemiec. \u201cI am honored and excited by the opportunity to bring my expertise in the human dimensions of wildlife management to practice and policy through my role as a commissioner.\u201d&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From CSU SOURCE: &#8220;Gov. Jared Polis appointed Rebecca Niemiec, associate professor in\u00a0the\u00a0Warner College of Natural Resources\u2019 Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources and founder and co-director of Colorado State University\u2019s Animal-Human Policy Center, to the\u00a0Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission.\u00a0\u00a0 Niemiec is one of three new appointments to the commission and will serve a term&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":174,"featured_media":832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/animalhumanpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/animalhumanpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/animalhumanpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/animalhumanpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/174"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/animalhumanpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=811"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/animalhumanpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":830,"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/animalhumanpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811\/revisions\/830"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/animalhumanpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/animalhumanpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/animalhumanpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.warnercnr.colostate.edu\/animalhumanpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}