Colorado lawmakers want to implement new protections for waters left vulnerable by a U.S. Supreme Court decision that narrowed the reach of the Clean Water Act — but they disagree on the best way to do it.
A bill that would have required Colorado ranchers whose livestock was killed by wolves to prove they used non-lethal wolf deterrence measures to be eligible for state compensation died in its first committee hearing.
As a senator that represents 10 rural and rural resort counties, I take the responsibility of ensuring that our communities’ unique needs are strongly heard and accounted for in a legislature dominated by metro-area legislators. We’re already making some big impacts this year for rural Colorado. Several of my bills have passed both chambers and will soon be signed into law by the Governor. Many others are being debated now.
Here are some highlights of bipartisan bills I’m working on that will be particularly helpful for our rural and mountain communities: