![According to the North Central Nebraska Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP), “The Fairfield Creek wildfire of 2012 and the Big Rock wildfire of 2006 [near Valentine] successfully set back many acres of forest to forbs, grasses and shrubs.” These areas are full of dry, dead trees both standing and downed, as well as dry grass and shrubs, putting them at high risk of extreme fire behavior once again when another fire passes through.](/sites/ainsworthnews.com/files/styles/slideshow/public/0e75824e01_Ar00801019.jpg?itok=a44KHlqp)
The approximately 76,000 acres of Niobrara River Valley that were burned in 2012 during the Fairfield Creek, Hall and Wentworth Fires experienced long-term environmental impacts that altered the types…
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2012 Fires Left Long-Term Environmental Impacts on the Niobrara River Valley