Mission
The Colorado Sun is a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver
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A new state bill may require insurers to give customers an opportunity to appeal assessments of a property’s wildfire risk, which can lead to increased costs and nonrenewals.
Stretches of river that had beaver dams fared better in three fearsome Colorado fires in 2020. People charged with repairing wildfire damage are taking heed.
Fire chiefs fearing disaster from wildfires where open space meets urban areas are joining lawmakers to push for a statewide board with power to define wildland-urban interface danger zones and impose preventive building codes on local governments.
Lawmakers have signed off on spending tens of millions of dollars to bolster Colorado’s access to fire-dousing planes and helicopters.
An unprecedented avalanche season in Colorado provides an opportunity to gather data, enabling more resilience against the hazard in the future.
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