Dossier
American Great Plains
Coverage of American Great Plains in the Nexus archive.
- ‘Nothing but tree skeletons’: record-breaking wildfires devastate US cattle country
Record-breaking wildfires, driven by rising temperatures and extreme drought, have devastated the American Great Plains, particularly in Nebraska, where the Morrill fire burned over 642,000 acres, surpassing previous records. The fires have left more than a million acres blackened, impacting the US cattle country and beef producers.