wildfires
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Jennah Kitchell tapped to join Colorado’s state fire agency
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Jennah Kitchell will soon join the executive team leading Colorado’s state fire agency, after being selected to serve as chief administrative officer of the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control beginning next week. Kitchell currently works as the internal audit director of the Colorado Department of Public Safety, a position she has held since…
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Biden taps 5 Coloradans to serve on national wildfire mitigation commission
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The Biden administration tapped five Coloradans to serve on a commission charged with developing strategies to tackle the national wildfire crisis. Dan Gibbs, Jim Hubbard, Madelene McDonald, Scott Miller and Mike Morgan were selected to be five of the 36 non-federal members of the Wildland Fire Mitigation and Management Commission, the departments of the Interior,…
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US Forest Service to unveil new airtanker base in Colorado Springs
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The Rocky Mountain Regional Office of the U.S. Forest Service on Wednesday will unveil a new airtanker base in Colorado Springs that officials say will increase capability and efficiency in supporting firefighting efforts in and around the city while also standing ready to augment fire crews anywhere in the state. Lt. Gov. Dianne Primavera and…
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2022 SESSION: CONFRONTING CRISES | Actions of the 2022 General Assembly
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2022 offered legislators the first real opportunity to set an ambitious agenda after two years of limping through the global pandemic, but Colorado’s emergence out of the COVID-19 crisis also unleashed a torrent of challenges. There were many familiar problems, such as housing, behavioral health and wildfires, as well as new ones, notably soaring inflation…
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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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Colorado State University awarded nearly $1M for research to protect public health during wildfires
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Colorado State University has received a nearly $1 million federal grant that it will use to research how to better protect public health during wildfires, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday. The $992,464 grant will focus on research that will improve communication about air quality and pollution with residents being impacted by a wildfire.…
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‘Hard parts are ahead of us’: State recovery efforts continue for Marshall fire
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State officials are working to provide relief for the thousands of Coloradans whose lives were upended by the Marshall fire, the most destructive wildfire in Colorado history that burned 6,000 acres and destroyed nearly 1,000 homes and businesses in Boulder County. During a news conference on Wednesday, Gov. Jared Polis and his Cabinet members announced new and…
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Pine beetles contribute to record-breaking wildfires
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This summer has seen the three largest wildfires in Colorado history, scorching more than 700 square miles of Colorado forests in just the past few months. But the giant Cameron Peak fire, the state’s largest ever, and the East Troublesome blaze, which has become Colorado’s second-largest, owe their rapid spread to a tiny insect about…
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‘Unprecedented’ partnership in Colorado looks to combat worsening wildfires
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A partnership being hailed as “unprecedented” is to embark on an ambitious mission: to prepare Colorado for worsening wildfires amid an expanding human presence in the places they burn and the planet’s rising temperatures. The Rocky Mountain Restoration Initiative is made up of 30 organizations, including federal land managers, state government officials, utility operators, and…
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INSIGHTS | Washington runs hot & cold on climate, fires
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You can’t say the Trump administration has no plan to combat the ravages of climate change. Pick up a rake and head to the forest, President Trump seemed to suggest after viewing the ravages of the California wildfire. In a burned-down community called Paradise, the president said, “Pleasure, what a name.” It feels like much…
