wildfires
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WATCH: DeGette advocates plan for wildfire pollution control
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WASHINGTON – Efforts to control wildfires always will fail until the government develops a long-term plan to prevent forest fires and is willing to fund it, Colorado U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette said Thursday. DeGette was speaking during a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on environment hearing. Congress is trying to improve methods to control air…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Science says hotter weather turbocharges western wildfires
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Science says hotter weather turbocharges West’s wildfires As temperatures rise in the U.S. West, so do the flames. The years with the most acres burned by wildfires have some of the hottest temperatures, an Associated Press analysis of fire and weather data found. As human-caused climate change has warmed the world over the past 35…
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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Aging lookout towers still key during fire season across the West
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Idaho Aging lookout towers still key during fire season across the West BOISE, Idaho – Fire-lookout towers perched atop remote, craggy peaks across the U.S. West may seem like quaint reminders of an era before satellites, smartphones and jet-propelled air tankers. Indeed, some of the structures are more than 100 years old. But with their…
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Colorado’s Tipton wants to open more federal land for livestock grazing
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WASHINGTON – Colorado U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton recommended the government enlist help from ranchers and farmers to better protect federal lands during a congressional hearing this week. Congress is considering legislation that would open hundreds of thousands of additional acres of federal land to grazing by livestock. Much of western Colorado is federally administered public…
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FEEDBACK | Three hot buttons: education, abortion and global warming
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Cary Kennedy is the real leader on education Having seen Jared Polis’s misleading campaign ad attacking Cary Kennedy for the umpteenth time, I am sharing some direct insight about his claim that he “led” the effort to increase funding for every school in Colorado – and from where the actual leadership came. I was the…
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Untie state foresters’ hands so they can help prevent devastating wildfires
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Recent spring snows won’t eliminate the serious wildfire season that Colorado faces this summer. Worse, state agencies can’t help property owners in the “red zones” (where forests and subdivisions intermingle) remove dense undergrowth or dead and diseased trees near their homes. So, either property owners give up and don’t attempt to mitigate against wildfires, or,…
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Reps. from Colo. regions burned by wildfires net $2M for preparedness
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DENVER – Two state representatives from regions of Colorado where wildfires have taken a heavy toll secured an amendment in the state budget approved by the House this week to help communities better prepare for the next conflagration. Republican Reps. Terri Carver of Colorado Springs and Tim Leonard of Evergreen made a case for $2…
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Drones in firefighting could save Colorado tax dollars and lives
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Look, up in the sky! That’s what they could be saying in Chaffee County and the San Luis Valley as the state begins to study the use of drones to respond to wildfires. Rep. Jim Wilson, who sponsored House Bill 1070, thinks stepping up the use of unmanned aircraft could save the state money by…
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National planning organization bestows top honor on Colorado for disaster-recovery Resiliency Framework
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The state of Colorado has been awarded a Gold 2017 National Planning Achievement Award for Environmental Planning from the American Planning Association for the state’s Resiliency Framework, established to help communities rebound after suffering disasters, the APA announced Wednesday. After the state faced widespread floods and wildfires earlier in the decade, the Colorado Resiliency and Recovery…