Animal acts and drought mitigation are only some of the ideas that saw some advancement in the Colorado Legislature on Wednesday.
One of those measures, House Bill 1242, would create a new Office of Agricultural Drought and Climate Resilience within the Colorado Department of Agriculture.
Without adding to that department s budget, the new office would provide technical assistance, non-regulated programs and incentives to farmers and ranchers to help them respond to threats related to droughts or climate change, such as wildfires and floods.
The bill passed the Colorado House on a party-line 40-23, with only Republicans voting against it, including Reps. Marc Catlin of Montrose, Perry Will of New Castle, Janice Rich of Grand Junction and Matt Soper of Delta.