Tag Wildfire

The National Interagency Fire Center has released statistics about the fire season nationwide so far this year. According to their posting, there have been 35,645 human-cause wildfires so far this year, for a total of 1,655,651 acres burned; and there…

Lightning Tuesday night sparked at least two fires in the Alpine area. The Star Valley Independent is reporting that Alpine Fire was dispatched to a fire in Jordan Canyon, approximately 2 miles from U.S. Highway 26. According to Fire Chief…

Fire danger in the greater Teton Interagency Fire region has dropped from very high, to high now despite most of the state remaining at the higher rating. Bridger-Teton National Forest, Grand Teton National Park, and the National Elk Refuge recently…

Firefighters have been making excellent progress in keeping the fire season in this region in check with all the current fire activity contained or doused. Among them, the Mosquito Fire which was sparked by lightning on August 9th has been…

Smoke from western US wildfires will continue to move   into Wyoming again today. The smoke may limit visibility at times and create poor air quality, especially in the basins and valleys like Jackson Hole. Yesterday, the air quality index placed…