[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/v/XL2mudMwNUY] MINDEN, Nev.—Take an inside view of the Nevada Division of Forestry’s initial attack response team based in Minden, Nevada. Meet the Air Operations personnel and see how the division provides support fighting wildland fires in Nevada and California. By July 31, 2007, the team conducted initial attack operations on 30 fires for a total [...]

DAYTON, Nev.—The County Commission approved a funding agreement Thursday, which will fund a Carson River access and park in the Santa Maria Ranch Planned Unit Development in the Dayton area. According to an agenda summary form, the $328,000 grant comes from the Nevada Division of State Lands and Conservation and Resource Protection Grant Program. The [...]

CARSON CITY, Nev.—In a rare real estate deal that left everyone involved smiling, the Carson City Board of Supervisors unanimously decided last week to buy the 86-acre Buzzy’s Ranch property with the intention of keeping the space largely undeveloped. “Right now, I’m in heaven,” said Open Space Manager Juan Guzman, who helped broker the deal. [...]

FALLON, Nev.–While wildfires continue to light up the skies of several western states, State Parks Regional Manager Eric Johnson gets assistance for fighting these fires from goats. Johnson is working on a system in the Lahontan Valley and other areas to eradicate noxious weeds, which supply these fires with ideal kindling. Read the complete story [...]

CARSON CITY, Nev.–Governor Jim Gibbons today released the names of those who will represent Nevada on the joint Nevada-California Tahoe Basin Fire Commission. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed by Governor Jim Gibbons and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday, July 23, 2007 states that each Governor shall appoint eight voting members and no more [...]

The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection’s Bureau of Air Pollution Control issued a “notice of findings” to Bango Oil on June 22 after numerous complaints of a foul odors emanating from the plant began in May. Read the complete article at the Lahontan Valley News.

A Message from Governor Jim Gibbons It is difficult to visualize how much of our state is burning.  As of 3:00 p.m. on July 20th, approximately 72 wildfires are burning in Nevada.  A total of 564 fires have consumed an estimated 341,000 acres already this year. This week I visited firefighters in both Reno and [...]

July 20, 2007 The United States Department of Energy (DOE) has informed the State Engineer that it does not accept the terms of the State Engineer’s letter of July 16, 2007. Since the DOE has rejected the terms of that letter, the State Engineer’s order to cease and desist the use of water for the [...]

ELKO, Nev.–Ten fires are burning across 58,000 acres in Elko County on Wednesday morning, the Elko Interagency Fire Dispatch Center reported. “We’re preparing for another busy day,” Nevada Division of Forestry Regional Forester Tom Turk said in a statement. “We’re in Red Flag conditions today from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. for strong winds, high [...]

DAYTON, Nev.–Dayton State Park will be getting a bit of a makeover during the next 10 to 15 years, according to a draft master plan that was recently presented at an open house held by park staff. The park, originally positioned well beyond the edge of the town, now sits in the middle of the [...]