§ 81-828 — Wildfire control; Nebraska Forest Service; duties

Pursuant
to the Wildfire Control Act of 2013, the Nebraska Forest Service shall (1)
administer programs to thin forests to reduce forest fuel-loads in order to
substantially reduce wildfire risk, intensity, and rate of spread and develop
markets for woody biomass generated from forest thinnings, (2) provide expanded
training programs for volunteer firefighters, private landowners, and communities
in Nebraska in fire suppression tactics of wildfires in order to increase
suppression effectiveness and safety, (3) expand the federal excess property
programs sponsored by the United States Department of Agriculture and the
United States Department of Defense and managed by the Nebraska Forest Service
in Nebraska, (4) oversee the rehabilitation of forest lands that have been
destroyed by wildfires, (5) manage single-engine air tanker bases and operations
in Nebraska, and (6) contract to construct at least two single-engine air
tanker bases and develop one or more mobile single-engine air tanker bases
in Nebraska.

Legislative History

Source: Laws 2013, LB634, § 4.