H.R. 5241 · 110th Congress

Colorado Forest Insect Emergency Response Act of 2008

Stage
In committee
Sponsor
Mark Udall
Introduced
2008-02-06
Latest action
2008-04-25 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry.

Summary

Colorado Forest Insect Emergency Response Act of 2008 - Amends the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior to designate an area of federal land in Colorado as an insect-emergency area if the area is: (1) subject to a widespread infestation of bark beetles or other insects; (2) characterized by insect-induced tree mortality that has, or within one year of the determination will have, produced a condition such that an immediate reduction in hazardous fuels is required in order to reduce the risks to human life and property or to a municipal water supply from a severe wildfire; and (3) identified for hazardous fuel reduction treatment in a community wildfire protection plan.