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It’s hard for Mike Chard to believe it’s been a month since the Marshall Fire ignited, burning through eastern Boulder County and quickly becoming the most destructive fire in state history.
“The response is one aspect of it, but then comes that whole second wave,” he said.
Chard is the director of Boulder’s Office of Emergency Management, the entity tasked with preparing for, responding to and recovering from natural disasters and other large-scale emergencies.
Aditya Nandyal first learned about the idea of an ecological footprint in his Advanced Placement Human Geography class, but he wanted to know more about how to step more lightly on the Earth.
A sophomore at Lafayette’s Peak to Peak Charter School, he used his interest to develop an interactive app called “Objective Green” and enter it into a contest.
“I wanted to help bring awareness to ecological footprints, what it means and what to do with it,” he said.
(CBS4) – The office of Colorado U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper announced he, Colorado U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and State Rep. Joe Neguse confirmed the U.S. Department of State will waive fees for replacement passports destroyed or damaged in the Marshall Fire. All three lawmakers sent a letter to DOS requesting these fees be waived for survivors of the fire in Boulder County, and it was approved by the federal government the same day of their request.
As funds begin to pour into Colorado from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s newly launched Bridge Formula Program, aging Eagle County bridges could soon see an upgrade.
DENVER – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and Colorado U.S. Representative Joe Neguse welcomed $720,890 in funding through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership for the Southern Front Range Watershed Project in Colorado.
A bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers will soon introduce legislation to promote long-distance biking on federal lands.
The bill — named the "Biking On Long-Distance Trails (BOLT) Act" — is just the latest legislative proposal in the 117th Congress aimed at creating new opportunities to engage in outdoor recreation while also invigorating the outdoor recreation economy.
DEARFIELD, Colo. (CBS4) – A bipartisan effort is underway in Colorado to make a ghost town in Weld County part of the National Park System. The historic town of Dearfield is located about 30 miles east of Greeley on U.S. 34 and was the largest Black homesteading settlement in the state.
Residents who lost their homes in the Marshall Fire can’t be guaranteed that FEMA will fill the gap between what insurance covers and the cost of rebuilding. They do have, however, access to federal loans to help fill those gaps.
“FEMA’s assistance is capped at a certain amount, so if people are insured, it’s not always guaranteed that FEMA will help meet those unmet needs,” FEMA representative Adam Heyns told residents who joined federal, state and local representatives during a virtual town hall meeting on Sunday.
Prompted by the devastating Marshall fire, which destroyed or damaged more than 1,000 homes and businesses in Boulder County last week, Rep. Joe Neguse will introduce legislation in the U.S. House Friday designed to stop wildfires before they start, better fight them when they break out and provide comprehensive recovery aid to those impacted.
With the $1.2 trillion infrastructure package signed into law, many Coloradans are eyeing funding to help maintain infrastructure that keeps the state running.
Summit County Commissioner Tamara Pogue said the bill is incredibly important for the county given its high amount of needs, including wildfire protection and water infrastructure. In particular, transportation is always in need of funding throughout the state, especially along the Interstate 70 mountain corridor that Summit County calls home.