colorado wildfires
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Colorado receives $5.1 million federal investment to address wildfires
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A federal department invested over $5.1 million in Colorado to help the state fight and prevent devastating wildfires. In Colorado, record-breaking wildfires have become more and more common in recent years. At the end of December, Colorado suffered its most destructive wildfire in state history, when the Marshall fire destroyed more than 1,000 homes in…
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Requirement for insurance to cover more property value, other wildfire laws take effect in Colorado
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Four new laws that seek to help prevent and respond to wildfires went into effect on Wednesday after being passed by the Colorado legislature earlier this year. One of the laws, House Bill 1111, increases the amount of property lost to wildfires that insurance providers have to cover upfront from 30% of the value to 65%. The…
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Colorado’s Joe Neguse leads policy package to address wildfires, droughts nationwide
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Colorado Congressman Joe Neguse is leading a package of 49 bills designed to help address wildfires and droughts throughout the country. Neguse, D-Lafayette, on Thursday unveiled the Wildfire Response and Drought Resiliency Act, which combines dozens of previously introduced legislation, including bills to increase firefighter pay to at least $20 per hour, fund $500 million…
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Colorado House committee OKs $5 million for volunteer firefighters
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A House committee advanced legislation Tuesday to invest $5 million in expanding resources for volunteer firefighters in Colorado. If enacted, Senate Bill 2 would add $5 million to the Local Firefighter Safety and Disease Prevention Grant Program and expand it to cover replacement firefighting equipment. The bill would also make volunteer fire departments eligible for…
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Panel advances incentives to bolster timber, forest health, wildfire mitigation industries
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A Colorado House panel advanced legislation on Thursday to support the timber, forest health and wildfire mitigation industries through internship programs and a tax credit. If enacted, House Bill 1166 would cover half the costs of employing interns and offer tax credits for purchasing equipment and vehicles used in these industries. The House Energy and…
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Panel advances pilot program for wildfire-detecting cameras
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Legislation to use fire-detecting cameras to monitor Colorado for wildfires unanimously passed its first committee hurdle on Monday. House Bill 1148, advanced by the House Agriculture, Livestock & Water Committee, would create a pilot program using remote cameras to detect wildfires and notify firefighters. The pilot program would run from April 2023 to September 2026…
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Colorado bills allocate tens of millions of dollars for wildfire mitigation grants
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Three bills introduced in the Colorado legislature aim to spend nearly $27.5 million over the next two years on grant programs to encourage mitigation strategies and combat more frequent and intense wildfires. Lawmakers are set to tackle the bills less than two months after the Marshall fire – the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history…
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Human remains found at Marshall fire burn site; 2nd person still missing
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Authorities discovered human remains in Boulder County, believed to be one of the two people who were reported missing after the Marshall fire, the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office announced Wednesday. Deputies said partial human remains of an adult were found in the 5900 block of Marshall Road in unincorporated Boulder County. On Friday, a man…
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RMNP to stay closed after most acres burned in its history
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All of Rocky Mountain National Park will remain closed after nearly 29,000 acres burned, the most in its history, officials announced Friday. The Cameron Peak and East Troublesome fires have burned 7,485 and 21,307 acres of the park, which was established in 1915. Officials said they don’t know when the park will reopen but, when…
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Grand County allows for partial re-entry from East Troublesome fire evacuations
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Re-entry plans for Grand County began Monday following emergency evacuations as a result of the East Troublesome fire. The plans are for areas on the east side of Highway 34, the Grand County Sheriff’s Office said. The Sheriff’s Office opened all areas south of the intersection of Highway 34 and County Road 6 east and…
