FRISCO – The Mountain Pine Beetle Task Force breakfast meeting on Thursday, Feb. 15, will address two current legislative initiatives, one state and one federal, that provide funding needed to tackle forest health and public safety concerns in Summit County and similarly situated mountain communities.
House Bill 1130, which passed out of committee in Denver last week on a 13-0 vote, will now receive consideration by the House Appropriations committee of the Colorado Assembly.
The bill, introduced by Rep. Dan Gibbs, D-Silverthorne, would provide “cost-share grants to stakeholders for experimental forest restoration projects that are designed through a collaborative community process.”
The legislation would authorize up to $1 million per year for each of the next five years from the operational account of the (oil and gas) severance tax fund.
