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BLM
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rective to halt further actions on a proposal to consolidate
the proposed law enforcement regulations. The former
Nevada governor said the controversial regulations went
too far and threatened local law enforcement authority on
public lands.
Approximately 87 percent of the lands in the state of
Nevada are under federal control in one form or another,
with the majority being under the juriusdiction of the BLM.
The proposed regulations struck a sensitive nerve through-
out the West, said both Bryan and Reid in their individual
Fire
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a lot of mutual aid?' The fire departments of Clark County,
Mountain Springs and Sandy Valley pitched in; the Bureau
of Land Management and the Nevada Division of Forestry
each sent two crews. According to Long, the Nye County
Ambulance Service was on hand, as well as the Sheriff's
office, while the Nye County Road Dept. provided both a
tanker and a bulldozer, which "was a big help in cutting
fire lines around a residence"
Firefighters and Nye County Sheriff's deputies rescused
news releases. The proposed regulations, first published in
the Federal Register, in November of last year. would have
broadened BLM's law enforcement authority on public
lands.
"I was extremely concerned about the separation of pow-
ers between the state and federal governments under this
proposal,: Reid said. "'Law' enforcement in Nevada is tra-
ditionally handled by state and local officials. "We do not
need to cede law enforcement authority from Nevada to the
federal goverment."
Both Nevada senators reiterated that "Nevadans neither
need nor want any more federal intrusion in their lives."
the numerous dogs whose kennel was threatened and penned
some of them up, in case they had to be evacuated, said
Long. But many of the dogs -- "a variety all the way from
basset hounds to mastifs" -- followed the firefighters
around as they worked, said Long. In the end, he added, the
only casualty was one of the older dogs, who died of a heart
attack.
Ironically, the blaze was in the very spot on Bowman
Ranch where the fire department had staged a training ex-
ercise over the weekend, Long said. They planned to use
the unconsumed debris for another exercise, he said, but
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However, in making his tactical retreat from the
department's previous position, the Interior Secretary stub-
bornly maintained the withdrawal "does not dimish the le-
gal authority of BLM law enforcement officers on public
lands.
The regulations, as proposed by BLM according to act-
ing state director Sylvia Baca, only represented an attenpt
to revise, consolidate and rewrite its law enforcement regu-
lations for public understaning. However, Babbitt admit-
ted, BLM apparently needs to do a better job to communi-
cate and explain its law enforcement program to the users
of the public lands.
the Bowmans decided to burn it. They had the necessary
burn permit and had called the fire deparment that day to
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wind shifted on them?' He said an investigation is still un-
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Besides obtaining the burn permit and calling for per-
mission on the day one wants to burn something (to the
Fire Dept, during business hours and to the Sheriff's office
at other times), Long emphasized the importance of think-
ing ahead to avoid conflagrations such as Tuesday's. "Have
the proper equipment on the site," he said, "and never, ever
ignite a fire that you can't stop yourself."
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