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Sen. Hickenlooper ide outlines federal wildfire bills, tracks $140M Bureau ask
Summary
A regional director for Sen. John Hickenlooper briefed the Forest Health Council on federal wildfire legislation and appropriations, including the bipartisan Fix Our Forest Act and a $140 million Bureau of Reclamation request that has not yet been released.
Sally Bachella, Northern Colorado regional director for U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper, told the Forest Health Council the bipartisan Fix Our Forest Act "directly confronts the escalating wildfire crisis in the West by enabling more forest resilient projects to get underway faster." The bill had a May hearing and could see a committee vote in September.
Bachella also said the senator led a delegation letter urging the…
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