By Mitch Stephenson, Nebraska Extension
The largest wildfire year on record in Nebraska occurred earlier this year, with over 1 million acres of rangeland burned. The Morrill Fire, which occurred in March in the southwestern Sandhills, was the largest single fire event on record for the state.
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