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Sens. Allard, Salazar Lead Colorado Delegation in Pressing USDA for Blizzard
Aid
U.S. Sens. Wayne Allard (R-CO) and Ken Salazar (D-CO)
led the members of Colorado's Congressional delegation in an effort to
convince the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to make a disaster
declaration in several blizzard-hit Colorado counties.
Such a declaration would assist ranchers whose cattle have been hit hard
by recent blizzards. The part of Colorado the members of Congress are
requesting aid for is home to almost 500,000 head of livestock whose
worth is valued at over a half billion dollars. While current confirmed
losses are below ten thousand, experts in Colorado are certain that this
number will continue to rise as conditions begin to allow more access to
the hardest hit areas.
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