Gov. Gavin Newsom and Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak recently surveyed the Tamarack Fire damage area. The two governors met with fire and emergency management personnel responding to the fire, which has burned some 70,000 acres on both sides of the California-Nevada border.

“We’re here in the spirit of partnership that unites all of us on the West Coast – Republican and Democratic states – confronting the devastating impacts of our climate crisis, from catastrophic wildfires to severe drought to deadly high temperatures,” said Newsom. “We’re grateful for our longstanding emergency management relationships with Nevada, substantially at work in the response to this fire. Meeting our shared challenges in the years ahead will require all of us to build partnerships at a level never seen before.”

After surveying wildfire damage in Gardnerville, where many residents have lost homes, the governors, CAL FIRE director Thom Porter and CAL OES director Mark Ghilarducci visited the Incident Command Center operated from Douglas High School.