BOULDER, Colorado, Nov. 16 -- Boulder County issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2024: * * * The plan guides Boulder County in a collaborative community effort to reduce the risks and negative impacts of wildfire * * * The 2024 Boulder County Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) is now available to view and download on the county's CWPP website. The CWPP Story Map offers an interactive tour of the CWPP's highlights, maps, and graphics. The 2024 Boulder County CWPP is a strate  more

DENVER, Colorado, Nov. 16 -- The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2024: * * * New policy will improve health coverage access and outcomes for children 0-3 and adults released from state prison * * * Today, the Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF) announced it has received approval from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to extend CHP+ and Medicaid coverage eligibility for two groups of Colorad  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- The House Natural Resources Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-719) on the Bolts Ditch Act (H.R. 4297), which aims to amend the John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act to allow for additional entities to be eligible to complete the maintenance work on Bolts Ditch and the Bolts Ditch Headgate within the Holy Cross Wilderness, Colorado. The report was advanced by Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, on Oct. 25, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpo  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- The House Natural Resources Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-709) on the Colorado River Salinity Control Fix Act (H.R. 7872), which aims to amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act to modify certain requirements applicable to salinity control units. The report was advanced by Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, on Oct. 22, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose of the Legislation The purpose of H.R. 7872 is to amend the Colorado River Basin Salinity Contr  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Sen. Cynthia M. Lummis, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: Today, Senate Western Caucus Chair Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Congressional Western Caucus Chair Dan Newhouse (R-WA) released the following statement after the Biden-Harris Bureau of Land Management released its final Greater Sage-Grouse Rangewide Planning Resource Management Plan. "This greater sage-grouse plan will have wide-reaching impacts on farmers, ranchers and landowners across the west whose l  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Nov. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center issued the following news: On October 22, 2024, the U.S. DOT Project Delivery Center of Excellence held the final event of the three-part thought leadership series: Making Good on the Potential of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. U.S. DOT Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Mariia Zimmerman delivered opening remarks. Gregory Byres, Arizona Department of T  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2024: * * * This release was first published at usda.gov, as "At the White House Tribal Youth Summit, USDA Announces New Investments in Tribal Students and Higher Education" * * * U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced Tribal higher education opportunities and investments to train the next generation of agric  more