Abdication of responsibility’: Colorado denied federal funds to aid recovery from 5th largest wildfire in the state’s history

‘Abdication of responsibility’: Colorado denied federal funds to aid recovery from 5th largest wildfire in the state’s history

Colorado won’t receive funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help with recovery efforts after the fifth largest wildfire in the state’s history burned in Rio Blanco County last summer. This is the first time in 35 years that the federal government has denied Colorado’s requests for major disaster declarations, which unlock federal funding for recovery efforts, Gov. Jared Polis’ office said in a news release on Tuesday, April 14…

Abdication of responsibility’: Colorado denied federal funds to aid recovery from 5th largest wildfire in the state’s history

Colorado won’t receive funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help with recovery efforts after the fifth largest wildfire in the state’s history burned in Rio Blanco County last summer. This is the first time in 35 years that the federal government has denied Colorado’s requests for major disaster declarations, which unlock federal funding for recovery efforts, Gov. Jared Polis’ office said in a news release on Tuesday, April 14…