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Wednesday, June 15, 2011  The City of Colorado Springs is getting ready to chop down trees.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010  Crews began cutting down the trees with chain saws Monday in the Dillon Ranger District.

Friday, July 16, 2010  The U.S. Forest Service says fire crews will be removing dead and dying trees that have been infested by bark beetles near Aspen.

Wednesday, July 07, 2010  Like the pine beetle, the twig beetle burrows under the bark, feeds on the tree's living tissue and shuts down the circulatory system.

Wednesday, June 30, 2010  Colorado's brisk wildfire season has U.S. Sen. Mark Udall asking whether there are enough federal resources and where and how money intended to reduce fire risk by removing trees killed by bark beetles is being spent .

Wednesday, June 30, 2010  Sen. Mark Udall wants the federal government to do more to prevent wildfires.

Friday, May 28, 2010  Sen. Mark Udall had hoped to include the amendment in the Senate's emergency supplemental appropriations bill. Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado was a co-sponsor. Both are Democrats.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010  Sen. Mark Udall is proposing an amendment to the Senate emergency supplemental appropriations bill that would award the U.S. Forest Service $42 million and the National Park Service $8 million.

Thursday, May 20, 2010  Officials have warned that the continuing bark beetle infestation has left Colorado's high country at risk of a major fire.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010  The Forest Service says about 100,000 of the trees could fall every day in northern Colorado in coming years, potentially killing people or damaging property. It is asking utilities to help pay to remove beetle-killed trees that could damage power lines and water resources.

Tuesday, April 27, 2010  CSU's Engines and Energy Conversion Lab will measure the power and pollution from the fuel developed by Cobalt Technologies Inc. of Mountain View, Calif.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010  Colorado Democrat Sen. Mark Udall will join state Sen. Dan Gibbs on a conference call with reporters Wednesday after a hearing on the bill.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010  Public hearings on the proposal will be held April 21 and April 22 at the ranger offices in Silverthorne and Minturn, respectively.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010  The Colorado Democrat told reporters Wednesday that senators have used two different rules to block the hearings. One rule requires unanimous consent for a hearing to take place after 2 p.m. Another rule allows senators to object to any hearing taking place more than two hours after Senate comes into session.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010  Sen. Mark Udall, who is a Democrat, says he was blocked again Wednesday.