While our record-breaking hot summer is behind us, as we approach the end of 2024, scorching temperatures will be back next year, fueling future fire danger in Nevada.
Federal, state, and local land management and fire agencies are staying ahead, renewing a five-year joint services agreement to help Nevada better prevent and respond to fires and other natural disasters.
Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo was joined by officials from the U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Nevada Division of Forestry and local fire agencies at BLM’s Red Rock Fire Station Friday morning to sign what’s known as a “Shared Stewardship Agreement,” which allows better resource sharing between federal, state and local land management organizations when fighting and preventing wildfires.
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Fires are getting bigger and more severe and happening more frequently in Nevada and throughout the West, largely due to record heat drying out fire fuels–like invasive grass species—across the state. That’s why officials say working together is more important than ever.