Tag Wildfire

Fire managers on the Bridger-Teton National Forest are planning to burn piles in a 96-acre area located between Cedar Creek and Lost Creek near Star Valley Ranch.  Certain criteria has to be met in order for these piles to be…

Thanks to the generosity of many donors augmented by the matching challenge issued by Foster and Lynn Friess, the Roosevelt Fire Disaster Recovery Fund has received $410,862 as of late last month. Donations have come in from hundreds of donors…

In December of 2018, representatives from county, state, federal and nonprofit natural resource management groups met to establish the Wyoming Prescribed Fire Council (WY-PFC) as a statewide, nonprofit prescribed fire organization. The mission of the council is to protect and…

  The Department of the Interior announced Friday the Department’s accomplishments in meeting the Trump Administration’s goals for reducing vegetation to lower wildfire risk and restore federal lands damaged by wildfires. 2018 marks the third consecutive year of increasing vegetation…

Last week, President Trump requested $919.9 million in appropriations for the Department of the Interior’s Wildland Fire Management Program. The proposal for Fiscal Year 2020 represents a strategic investment in efforts to protect people and reduce the risk of wildfire…