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Even though the 2021 Marshall Fire made it clear that the fire threat posed by Colorado鈥檚 grasslands endangers large urban areas, federal, state and local rules continue to make it difficult to address the risk.

Boulder Reporting Lab Climate and Environment Reporter Tim Drugan joined KUNC to talk about wildfire mitigation happening in and around Boulder.

This time, we discuss the Denver mayoral race and the start of Colorado's wildfire season.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is spending nearly $200 million to reduce wildfire risk to communities nationwide, including many parts of the Mountain West.

鈥淩oadmap for Wildfire Resilience: Solutions for a Paradigm Shift,鈥� a new report by the The Aspen Institute and The Nature Conservancy, offers detailed and strategic options for meeting the challenges brought by bigger and more destructive wildfires across the Western United States. Comments from Rob Addington, state forest program director, The Nature Conservancy in Colorado.

As fire damage to Colorado's forests intensifies, it threatens local water supplies. State lawmakers want to see more funding for both recovery efforts and investigations into the origins of wildfires.

Democrats who control the state legislature are increasingly using a survey they fill out in secret to help determine whether bills live or die. The results are kept from the public, raising questions about transparency and potential violations of the state鈥檚 sunshine law.

President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law this week. The massive piece of legislation funds programs ranging from electric vehicles, to advanced nuclear energy research. Specific to the Mountain West, it includes billions of dollars for forest lands and agriculture to fight climate change.

A bipartisan committee on Monday voted to begin drafting 10 bills ahead of their next legislative session. They include proposals to buy remote cameras and invest millions to create a statewide team of wildfire investigators. The same bills died last spring.

Meteorologist Coleen Haskell says the grim fire forecast for this summer has been years in the making.