Excerpt from: Breckenridge, Keystone and Summit County Places, Events and Things
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| April 25, 2007 | | HB1130 sponsored by Silverthorne local Rep. Dan Gibbs Passes out of Senate Committee | If you live in the high country, you’ve without a doubt heard talk about, and seen the results of, the Bark Beetle, also referred to as the Pine Beetle. Our hillsides are showing the effects, with the invested trees turning a dark red color. The Frisco Peninsula landscape has been transformed due to the mitigation efforts. Help for communities to fund such restoration efforts might be on the way! House Bill 1130 sponsored by Summit County local Rep. Dan Gibbs and Senate President Joan Fitz-Gerald of Coal Creek Canyon passed out of the Senate Committee and now moves to the Senate floor. This bill “proposes a pilot forest restoration program whereby local communities with an approved community wildfire protection plan could qualify for grants to help pay for experimental projects, such as those that would reduce the threat of large wildfires, preserve old and large trees or replant trees in deforested areas.” Click here to read the entire April 25, 2007 Summit Daily News article.
Written by Margaret Bowes | |
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