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Lincoln nonprofit launches Nebraska wildfire relief fund to provide free trees

ALYSSA JOHNSON Lincoln Journal Star
Apr 2, 2026
Apr 2, 2026 Updated 10 hrs ago
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After wildfires ravaged western Nebraska, a Lincoln nonprofit is launching a fund to help plant trees in impacted communities.

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Photos: Wind-driven wildfires spread across Lancaster, Gage counties

Wildfire, 3.12 — Wildfire smoke is seen near Southwest 112th Street and West Pioneers Boulevard near Denton on Thursday.
KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

Wildfire, 3.12 — Firefighters from Malcolm and Lincoln respond to a grass fire Thursday near Southwest 112th Street and West Pioneers Boulevard north of Denton. Multiple fires across southwest Lancaster County prompted evacuations.
KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

Wildfire, 3.12 — Malcolm and Lincoln Firefighters respond to a wildfire at Southwest 112th and West Pioneers in Denton, NE.
KENNETH FERRIERA,Journal Star

Wildfire, 3.12 — Firefighters respond to a wildfire near Denton on Thursday.
KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

Top Journal Star photos and videos for March — Malcolm and Lincoln Firefighters respond to a wildfire at Southwest 112th and West Pioneers in Denton, NE.
KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

Wildfire, 3.12 — An ambulance from Southwest Fire and Rescue leads first responders down a gravel road in rural southwestern Lancaster County on Thursday.
KENNETH FERRIERA, Journal Star

Wildfire, 3.12 — Malcolm and Lincoln Firefighters respond to a wildfire at Southwest 112th and West Pioneers in Denton, NE.
KENNETH FERRIERA,Journal Star

Smoke hides the horizon as a fire crew battles the blaze Thursday in a field north of Hickory Road west of U.S. 77.
Rob Schlotterbeck, Daily Sun

Smoke rises from a grass fire north of Hickory Road west of U.S. 77 on Thursday.
Rob Schlotterbeck, Daily Sun

Smoke obscures the view looking east on Hackberry Road west of U.S. 77 Thursday as the Hickory Road fire moves north.
Rob Schlotterbeck, Daily Sun

Grass fire northwest of Denton — The Malcolm Fire and Rescue team works to put out a grass fire northwest of Denton on Thursday afternoon near Southwest 112th Street between West Pioneers and West Denton roads.
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Grass fire northwest of Denton — Fires burned grassland northwest of Denton near Southwest 112th Street between West Pioneers and West Denton roads.
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