In the recent session, there were several pieces of legislation dealing with the bark beetle epidemic.Ryan Warner speaks with State Representative Dan Gibbs, a Silverthorne Democrat, about efforts to help the hardest hit communities… especially because all those dead trees pose a huge wildfire risk.
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