Washington, D.C. – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and Governor John Hickenlooper today secured $20.2 million in Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) funds for wildfire recovery projects...
Bennet Introduces Bipartisan Bill to Tackle Chronic Wasting Disease in Deer and Elk
Washington, D.C. — Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today joined bipartisan colleagues John Barrasso (R-WY) and Doug Jones (D-AL) in introducing legislation to increase wildlife managers’...
Bennet Pushes for Emergency Watershed Protection Funds for Wildfire Recovery in Colorado
Washington, D.C. – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today sent a letter to Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation Bill Northey requesting the approval of...
Bennet Statement on BLM Deferment of Parcels from December Oil and Gas Lease Sale
DENVER, CO – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today issued the following statement in response to the Colorado Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announcement to defer 58 parcels...
Bennet, Gardner Call for Additional Funding to Ensure Effective Responses to Massive Wildfires
Washington, D.C. – Colorado U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D) and Cory Gardner (R) today joined a bipartisan group of colleagues in requesting funding to modernize firefighting assets so the...
Senate Passes Bennet Bill to Improve Wildfire Recovery Efforts
Washington, D.C. – This week, the Senate passed Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet’s Wildfire Mitigation Assistance Act to provide resources to assist communities recovering from damaging...
Bennet Secures Colorado Priorities in Aviation Reauthorization
Washington, D.C. – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today applauded the passage of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization, which included four Colorado priorities: Wildfire...
Six Bennet Bills Approved By Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee
Washington, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources today approved six bills sponsored by Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet. Bennet Reaction: “Today we moved one step closer...
Bennet, McCain Bill to Establish Conservation Service Corps Moves Forward in Senate
Washington, D.C. – The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources today approved the 21st Century Conservation Service Corps Act. With the late U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ), U.S. Senator...
Bennet Statement on LWCF Expiration
Washington, D.C. – Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet today issued the following statement after funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) expired at midnight last night. “The...
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