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NE state forester urges fire safety during high risk conditions / Public News Service

It s early in the season for wildfires in Nebraska, but dozens of firefighters have already been battling a large wildfire near North Platte for several days. The severity of the "Betty s Way" fire led Gov. Jim Pillen to declare a state of emergency. .

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Seeding effort covers more than 26 000 acres in eastern Nevada / Public News Service

A cooperative effort has seeded more than 26,000 acres in eastern Nevada. It s all in an effort to increase desirable grasses, forbs and shrubs while decreasing the prevalence of invasive annual grasses and weeds that can take root in fire-burned areas. Neil Frakes, emergency stabilization and rehabilitation program manager with the Bureau of Land Management, said the initiative was a joint effort among the BLM, the Nevada Department of Wildlife and the Eastern Nevada Landscape Coalition, and added seeding can help stabilize ecological conditions after a fire, starting with soil. .

U.S. marks National Invasive Species Awareness Week