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Summit recap: committee hears $200 million‑per‑year need, debates local vs. statewide funding and bridge financing
Summary
Committee members summarized summit findings that Colorado faces an estimated $200 million per year funding gap for forest resilience work, debated local versus statewide funding options, and flagged the need for upfront bridge financing given reimbursement‑based grants.
Committee members and summit organizers told the outreach committee that a recent Colorado Forest Collaborative network summit framed the scale of unmet need for forest resilience funding.
Esther Duke and other presenters summarized breakout findings, including an estimated statewide need of "200,000,000 a year for the next 30 to 50 years" across funding sources. Ben (summit contributor) said that relying on private industry is no longer sufficient: "We're…
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