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Nearly contained, Nebraska’s Bovee fires chars 19,000 acres of forest, ranchland

The latest wildfire in the Nebraska sandhills has burned nearly 19,000 acres of ranchland, but officials say it’s almost contained.

The Nebraska National Forests and Grasslands Service says the Bovee Fire was 94 percent contained Thursday morning.

This week rancher Jason Hoffman told Brownfield conditions continue to deteriorate. “There’s places around here that have less rain than they did in 2012.  IT’s extremely dry.  This year with the extreme heat and big winds we’ve had, it’s wiped any moisture we’ve had out.”

He said there has been minimal relief from Mother Nature this year. “It’s amazing how resilient some of the grass has been because some of the little shots we’ve had grown some grass and maintained some grass.  If you managed your pastures wisely, you had quite a bit of grass left still or if you were able to.  A lot people weren’t in some of our country we weren’t.”

Hoffman said they leased more pasture this year,  started supplementing his herd sooner and adjusted his rotation patterns.

An informational meeting will be held at the Halsey Community Center this afternoon at 3pm.

  • So sorry to hear that. I wish you were closer. I would give you some of my hay.
    Thru these trials. Don’t loose your faith in God. He will be with us if we trust him. Make sure you are a born again Christian jn. 3:3

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