Udall aims to shift money for land damage

Sen. Mark Udall is taking a second shot at a bill that would redirect fines for illegally damaging public lands to the federal agencies responsible for restoring that damage. Under the legislation, when violators pay fines for illegally harming public lands -- such as starting a wildfire -- the money collected could be used to help fix the damage. Now, fines are collected by the U.S. Treasury. Udall's bill, similar to legislation that failed in 2007, would allow the funds to instead go to the Bureau of Land Management, the National Park Service, the Fish and Wildlife Service and the Department of the Interior...Colorado Daily