Tag: Wildfire Mitigation
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Power companies race to prevent powerlines, equipment from causing wildfires
A wildfire that burned through 1,700 square miles in Texas last week killed two women, destroyed as many as 500 structures, and ravaged thousands of cattle. A fire driven by winds that exceeded 100 mph tore through 1,100 homes and killed two people in Superior, Louisville, and Boulder County three years ago. And the catastrophic…
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Colorado receives $5.1 million federal investment to address wildfires
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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Biden taps 5 Coloradans to serve on national wildfire mitigation commission
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save 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…
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In wake of Marshall fire, Tri-Lakes Monument Fire Protection District eyes strategies to combat devastating wildland fires
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Pikes Peak Region is no stranger to wildfires. Residents remember well the Black Forest fire, which burned more than 14,200 acres and around 500 homes the summer of 2013. It was the most structurally damaging wildfire in state history prior to the Marshall fire,…
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Colorado bills allocate tens of millions of dollars for wildfire mitigation grants
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save 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…