Tag Wildfire

Americans tend to want to celebrate the Independence Day Holiday with a bang. That’s why you see so many fireworks dealers around the region – but conspicuously, none in Teton County. Not only are personal fireworks illegal anywhere in the…

Due to the current dry conditions in the valley, Jackson Hole Fire/EMS is taking added measures to get the message out about wildland fires this summer. Fire Chief Brady Hansen points out, “We cannot prevent a fire from a lightning…

Abandoned campfires on the Bridger-Teton National Forest is causing concern, especially in the warmer, and drier weather that the Forest is already experiencing this month. “People just aren’t thinking of fire safety at this time of year.  It’s like folks…

A Wyoming smokejumper has died of injuries suffered last month while fighting a wildfire in New Mexico. Tim Hart of Cody, Wyoming, suffered a hard fall on May 24 while responding to a fire in Hidalgo County, New Mexico. He…

Beginning Friday, Bridger-Teton National Forest’s Blackrock Ranger District will initiate prescribed burn operations on the Dry Quad prescribed fire unit, which is approximately 100 acres in the Toppings Lake Area. This area had been identified for aspen stand improvement, and…