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Nevada State Parks is piloting a day-use reservation system at Sand Harbor State Park.

What rising recreation and wildfire insurance costs have in common, and more Nevada enviro news

The ways wildfires start are innumerable but they almost always have one thing in common: humans. This month, we look at how increased recreation leads to higher fire danger, potentially higher wildfire insurance rates and more restrictive access to outdoor spaces.

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Western wildfire expert thinks ‘we need to scrap the whole process and make a new one’

Two of Nevada’s leading wildfire experts — Tim Brown, director of the Western Regional Climate Center at the Desert Research Institute, and Christina Restaino, director of the Living With Fire program at UNR — offer insight into why wildfires have gotten so bad, their hidden costs and the mitigation efforts that are needed from local up to federal levels.

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