Create a Forest Service Mountain Pine Beetle Emergency Response Program that provides grants to partners mitigating mountain pine beetle threats on National Forest System land.

Brittany Pettersen · Colorado · Democratic

spending impact 0.66 specificity 0.90 extraction confidence 94%

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Representatives Pettersen and Joe Neguse (D-CO) introduced the Emergency Mountain Pine Beetle Response Act, which would establish a Mountain Pine Beetle Emergency Response Program within the U.S. Forest Service. The program would provide grant opportunities to on-the-ground partners working in coordination with the Forest Service to mitigate mountain pine beetle threats on National Forest System land.

Pettersen introduced legislation to establish a Forest Service grant program for mountain pine beetle mitigation on federal forest land.

In Response to the Aspen Acres and Willow Fires, Rep. Pettersen Leads Bipartisan Wildfire Mitigation Package | U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen
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Evidence

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Congress.gov lists H.R. 471 as sponsored by Rep. Bruce Westerman, with Rep. Brittany Pettersen as an original cosponsor on 2025-01-16. The bill status is Passed House; the latest action is a Senate subcommittee hearing on 2025-03-06, and the tracker does not show Passed Senate, To President, or Became Law.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Pettersen took concrete legislative action on a broad forest-management bill that includes bark-beetle-related provisions, but Congress.gov shows it has not become law. This does not establish creation of the promised Forest Service Mountain Pine Beetle Emergency Response Program.

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All Information (Except Text) for H.R.471 - Fix Our Forests Act, 119th Congress (2025-2026)
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Pettersen's FY27 requests include the Strontia Springs Wildfire and Water Protection Project for the State of Colorado, requesting $4,135,905 to support forest health and fuel reduction activities, described as helpful against wildfire risk from mountain pine beetle infestation growth.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): This is a concrete funding request related to mountain pine beetle mitigation in Colorado, but it is a project-specific appropriations request, not creation of a Forest Service emergency response grant program for National Forest System land.

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FY27 Community Project Funding Requests | U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen
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As of August 12, 2026, the cited federal route has not created the promised Forest Service Mountain Pine Beetle Emergency Response Program. H.R. 471, which Pettersen cosponsored, passed the House but had not passed the Senate or become law, and its pine beetle language appears limited to a study rather than the promised emergency grant program. Her FY27 community-project request is relevant forest-health funding tied to mountain pine beetle risk, but it is project-specific and does not establish the promised National Forest System grant program. Because the candidate is still in office and the legislative/appropriations efforts remain pending, the promise is not delivered but is best treated as unresolved with an effort badge.

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