Putting Nevada Wildfires in Context

Posted by on Jul 17, 2009 in Conservation, Forestry, News | Comments Off [EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is reprinted from the University of Nevada's Great Basin Wildfire publication edited by Dr. Elwood Miller, Dr. Rang Narayanan and Bob Conrad.] The Great Basin is a high elevation, arid to semi-arid region with annual precipitation ranging from five inches in the most arid, lower-elevation locations to 30 inches in the upper elevations of mountain ranges. This region...
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Wildfire Awareness Week event Friday May 1

Posted by on Apr 26, 2009 in Conservation, Featured article, Forestry, News | Comments Off “Ember Awareness” event to feature a live fire “hazard house” and combustible housing materials demonstrations, exhibits, firefighting equipment, helicopters and Smokey Bear. CARSON CITY, Nev. – It’s often not the active fire fronts in a wildfire that burn homes. Instead, it is the embers blown by wind that enter homes through vents and chimneys and...
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Governor helps kick off Wildland Fire Awareness Week

Posted by on May 16, 2008 in Conservation, Forestry, News | Comments Off CARSON CITY, Nev.–Governor Jim Gibbons today helped kick off Nevada Wildland Fire Awareness Week with festivities at Washoe Lake State Park. Wildland Fire Awareness Week runs May 17 – May 24 and was created by proclamation of the Governor to raise awareness about individual responsibilities for preventing wildland fires and protecting life and property. “It’s critically...
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Carson City’s Firefighting Sheep (video)

Posted by on Apr 23, 2008 in Conservation, News | Comments Off The sheep are back grazing cheatgrass in the hills of Carson City, Nevada. Ann Bollinger from Carson City Parks and Open Space discusses the grazing project and how targeted grazing can be used to help manage invasive weeds and protect homes from...
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Controlled burn in Lockwood

Posted by on Apr 8, 2008 in Conservation, Forestry, News | Comments Off The Nevada Division of Forestry and Storey County Fire Department held a controlled burn yesterday in Storey County’s community of Lockwood. Click the image to view the...
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