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Council hears bleak budget outlook but State Forest Service keeps a $10 million line
Summary
Committee heard that the legislature’s focus on the budget creates tight funding for forest-related bills; the State Forest Service retains roughly $10,000,000 in line items while several forestry bills remain contingent on appropriations.
The Colorado Forest Health Council’s legislative committee on April 4 heard that a state budget squeeze is likely to limit new spending on forest-health programs even as the State Forest Service maintains roughly $10,000,000 in designated line items.
James, who gave the committee’s state legislative update, said lawmakers spent the week on the budget and that the joint budget committee is balancing a multibillion-dollar shortfall. “They have been focused entirely and completely on the budget,” he said, warning that tight appropriations will make it difficult for…
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