CO SJR004

Requests federal government create a separate budget line item for catastrophic wildfires to prevent suppression costs from consuming mitigation and land management funding.

Requests federal government purchase and deploy additional aerial firefighting equipment to assist in fighting wildfires across the country.

Documents Colorado's severe wildfire history since 1994, including the Hayman Fire (137,760 acres, 600 structures destroyed) and multiple fires killing firefighters and destroying hundreds of homes.

Notes that 36.2% of Colorado land is federally managed and nearly 68% of Colorado's forests are federally owned, with over 4.3 million acres affected by pine and spruce beetles that increase wildfire risk.

Directs copies of resolution be sent to Colorado state fire chiefs, federal land management officials, and Colorado's congressional delegation.