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In less than four months, temporary pay raises given to federal wildland firefighters are set to end, just as the season typically starts winding down. This week a group of Western senators, including one Republican, sent a letter to leaders of the Homeland Security Committee urging 鈥渟wift consideration of legislation that authorizes a long-term solution to increase wildland firefighter recruitment and retention.鈥� Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet, a Democrat, said that 鈥渇ailure is not an option鈥� when it comes to addressing the pay issue.

The Marshall Fire that devastated Boulder County in December 2021 was caused by two fires that later became one, according to a newly-released investigation into the fire's origin.

The National Fire Registry, which seeks to better understand the link between firefighting and serious diseases like cancer, recently launched its online enrollment system. Wildland firefighters, who have proven more challenging research subjects than structure firefighters, are being encouraged to enroll.

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 皇冠网址 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.