/tags/wildfire-borrowing Wildfire Borrowing en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Mon, 02 Apr 2018 21:54:04 GMT /2018-04-02/fire-funding-fix-strips-some-environmental-protections The omnibus spending bill passed by Congress last month earmarked billions of dollars for fighting wildfires. Many conservationists and politicians... Mon, 02 Apr 2018 21:54:04 GMT /2018-04-02/fire-funding-fix-strips-some-environmental-protections Nate Hegyi, Nate Hegyi /politics/2018-03-22/updated-congress-has-passed-a-measure-to-change-how-wildfires-are-fought For years, Western lawmakers have been trying to change the way we fight wildfires, or at least the way the government funds such work. Now, they may… Thu, 22 Mar 2018 18:02:44 GMT /politics/2018-03-22/updated-congress-has-passed-a-measure-to-change-how-wildfires-are-fought Rae Ellen Bichell /politics/2017-11-03/colorado-d-c-roundup-votes-on-fire-prevention-health-care-study-on-quiet-zones Fire prevention and repealing parts of the Affordable Care Act were on the table this week in the U.S. House, while Colorado’s senators backed the… Fri, 03 Nov 2017 22:08:52 GMT /politics/2017-11-03/colorado-d-c-roundup-votes-on-fire-prevention-health-care-study-on-quiet-zones /environment/2017-10-16/colorado-forests-ripe-for-major-wildfire-despite-efforts-to-increase-prevention-funding Colorado escaped major wildfires this summer, but millions of acres of forest in the state remain a powder keg, ripe to burn in the future. The next big… Mon, 16 Oct 2017 12:15:00 GMT /environment/2017-10-16/colorado-forests-ripe-for-major-wildfire-despite-efforts-to-increase-prevention-funding Mark Duggan