BLM and UNR install fire-spotting cameras on Great Basin peaks

Four remote mountain peaks in central and northeastern Nevada are home to a new real-time camera fire-detection system that is helping to protect Nevada’s forests and rangelands.A Bureau of Land Management Nevada grant awarded to the University of Nevada, Reno, to develop, install, and maintain a remote camera system, is in the initial phase of a five-year planned comprehensive network to cover vast areas of the state for early fire detection and response.“BLM Nevada is excited to partner wi