Colorado Bark Beetle Cooperative (CBBC)
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The Colorado Bark Beetle Cooperative (CBBC) is a place-based collaborative to address the environmental, social and economic impacts of bark Beetles on high altitude forests. The steering committee is comprised of federal, state, and local government representatives and representatives of utility and water providers, wood products industry, conservation and public interest groups.
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News & Current Events:
- CFRI 2010 Conference Agenda (4/19 - 4/21, 2010): "Beyond the Beetles: The Future Range of Variability of Communities and Forest Landscapes"
- USFS/CSFS Announce Results of Forest Health Survey (1/22/2010)
- Q & A's: Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic (USFS, Jan. 2010)
- 2010 Meetings Calendar
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Members:
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Presentations from Annual Stakeholder Meeting held on November 6th:
- Please see the Forest Health Resources page for a list of maps included in the 2007-2009 Mapping Exercise
- CBBC 2007-2009 Mapping Exercises Summary Report - J. Kitchens, BLM
- CBBC Overview - G. Severson, NWCCOG
- Working Towards Resiliant Forests - J. Clement, CFRI
- Fire in the Beetle Kill - T. Foley, CSFS
- Forests in Change: Lodgepole Pine Ecology, Fire Behavior, and Mountain Pine Beetle - M. Kaufmann, Rky Mtn Research Station
- Welcome to Colorado's Diverse Forests - J. Jahnke, CSFS
- Protecting Critical Watersheds from Wildfire - B. Piehl
- Falling Trees - V. Urbina, CSFS
- List of Attendees - 11/6/09
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The steering committee set the following priorities for 2009:
- Work for passage of appropriate state legislation to address wildfire and falling tree mitigation efforts.
- Establish working relationships with new members of the Colorado Congressional delegation, and the Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture.
- Strive to increase federal and state funding to address the hazard mitigation needs posed by the bark beetles.
- Continue the process of identifying and mapping high priority acres for hazard mitigation efforts on federal and non-federal lands.
- Work cooperatively with other Colorado place based forest collaboratives and the Governor's Forest Health Advisory Council in order to maintain unity in message and establish statewide policy.
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Resources & Articles
- Weathering a Perfect Plague - American Forests, Fall 2009
- Information on Funding Opportunties from the Colorado State Forest Service - DEADLINE FOR COLORADO COMMUNITY FOREST RESTORATION AND WATERSHED PROTECTION GRANT PROGRAM IS DEC. 2, 2009 BY 4 P.M.
- PBS Presentation: Red and Dead - Montana's Pine Beetle Infestation - Oct. 29, 2009
- Presentation: Colorado State Parks: Mountain Pine Beetle Mitigation Summary - September 18, 2009
- Public Service Announcements: Mountain Pine Beetle (9/2009)
- Merrill Kaufmann's paper "The status of our scientific understanding of lodgepole pine and mountain pine beetles -- A focus on forest ecology and fire behavior"http://www.csfs.colostate.edu/pages/documents/LPP_scientific-LS-www_000.pdf
- Public Service Announcements: Mountain Pine Beetle (9/2009)
- USFS Press Release: National Forest Visitors Need to Watch Out for Falling Trees due to Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic (9/4/09)
- Governor Ritter's Office Press Release: Colorado to Seek Comments on Revisions to Roadless Rule (7/13/09)
- NWCCOG Organizes Delegation of Local Officials to Travel to Washington, D.C. to Talk Pine Beetle Epidemic in Colorado
- 2009 Meeting Calendar
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Legislation Related to Bark Beetle Epidemic
- Summary of Legislation passed in 2009 Colorado Legislative Session related to Bark Beetle Epidemic
- Information on Federal Legislation pending related to Bark Beetle Epidemic - Good Neighbor Forestry Act of 2009; FLAME Act
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History
The Colorado Bark Beetle Cooperative was formed in 2005 as a municipal, county, state and federal intergovernmental cooperative between the U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, Colorado State Forest Service, and NWCCOG. It was expanded to include non-governmental units in 2007. It was reorganized in 2008 to increase involvement from epanded participation. In 2009, the CBBC is transitioning from being a cooperative to being a collaborative.
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Members
- NWCCOG
- State of Colorado
- Colorado State Forest Service
- U.S. Forest Service
- Bureau of Land Management
- Colorado State University
- The Wilderness Workshop
- The Wilderness Society
- Colorado Timber Industry Association
- Denver Water
- Colorado Mountain College
- Western Area Power Administration
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Governing Documents
- Articles of Association
- Bylaws
- Board of Directors
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Focus of CBBC
- High altitude Lodgepole Pine forests
- Initial counties included Jackson, Grand, Summit, Eagle, and Routt
- Expanded counties as beetles move
- Removal of administrative barriers
- State and federal legislation and funding
- Public Outreach
- Involvement of the private sector
- Pre-disaster mitigation and emergency preparedness
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Objectives of CBBC
- Protect homes, communities, human life and property
- Protect watersheds and water supplies
- Protect infrastructures and other important resource and social values
- Develop community resilience to adapt to disturbance driven ecosystems
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Accomplishments of CBBC
- Diverse interests working together
- Multiple areas of consensus
- Unification of Congressional delegation
- Increasing number of acres treated
- Involvement of Colorado legislature
- Identification of priority acres
- Public acceptance
