Tipton forest bill clears panel with local support

RBC I U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton’s (CO-03) legislation to allow greater state and local involvement in proactive wildfire prevention on federal lands cleared the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation on Thursday, April 11.
The Healthy Forest Management and Wildfire Prevention Act (H.R. 818) is supported by many Colorado counties and the National Association of Counties as well as state and national environmental organizations and conservation districts.
Hinsdale County Commissioner Cindy…