Colorado legislators work to fight bark beetle epidemic

Recognizing that more must be done to stop the beetle kill in the Rocky Mountain Region, recently, Rep. Scott Tipton (CO-03) and Rep. Kristi Noem (SD-06) sent a letter, signed by ten members of Congress, to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack requesting that he redirect unused Forest Service funds toward mitigating the bark beetle epidemic.  The letter was signed by six members of the Colorado delegation.