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From right, Gov. Joe Lombardo speaks with State Forester and Fire Warden Kacey KC with the Nevada Division of Forestry and Director James Settelmeyer of the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources before a briefing.

Nevada forestry division recovers millions in out-of-state firefighting costs

After a recent audit showed it failed to bill for tens of millions of dollars in firefighting services performed in other states, the Nevada Division of Forestry (NDF) has recovered more than two-thirds of that money, according to State Forest and Fire Warden Kacey KC.

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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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