Rain, snow slow Fish Creek Fire growth
JACKSON (WNE) — Rain, snow and high humidity levels have slowed the Fish Creek Fire burning southwest of Togwotee Pass. The lightning-caused fire was last reported at 24,904 acres. Four-hundred and thirty-seven total personnel were working on the fire,…
Fires burn at Togwotee and Palisades
The Fish Creek Fire by Togwotee Pass has reached 24,904 acres as of Tuesday, September. 10. The fire is considered 69-percent contained. The Northern Rockies Team 2, under the direction of Scott Schuster, has 504 personnel on the site with…
Free flowing traffic returns to Togwotee as Fish Creek Fire burns to the south
JACKSON (WNE) — Free flowing traffic has returned to Highway 26/287 over Togwotee Pass where the Fish Creek Fire continues to put up smoke columns visible from Jackson. While a pilot car system has ended, fire officials are asking the…
Togwotee Pass reopens
JACKSON (WNE) — Highway 26 over Togwotee Pass has reopened. Officials will guide traffic through the area west of Dubois where the fire has burned closest to the road, according to a Friday morning press release. Maintenance crews will run…
Early season snow slowed Fish Creek Fire, giving firefighters time to work
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — The wintry weather system that dropped a few inches of snow on Togwotee Pass overnight last Sunday has slowed the growth of the Fish Creek Fire and…
Fish Creek Fire at 23% containment
According to the most recent information provided by officials battling the Fish Creek Fire, the blaze is currently estimated to be at 11,278 acres and is at 23-percent containment. The lightning-caused fire began on August 16 approximately seven miles southwest…
Bridger-Teton National Forest battling multiple fires
The Bridger-Teton National Forest is continuing efforts to suppress several fires on the Forest, including the Fish Creek and Cottonwood Creek fires on the Jackson Ranger District, the Leeds Creek Fire on the Pinedale Ranger District and the Merna Butte…
Togwotee Trails Project aims to slash wildlife collisions
• Wyoming Game & Fish points to successes in Pinedale Driving in a state where the wildlife far outnumber the people and towns are long distances from each other comes with some risk of animal collisions, vehicle damage and…
Game and Fish wants to sell 320 acres in Jackson Hole to the U.S. Forest Service
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole Daily Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON – Wyoming’s state game agency wants to sell 320 acres surrounded by federal lands in Jackson Hole to the U.S. Forest Service. That’s according to a public notice about…
Togwotee DUI crash leads to leg amputation
JACKSON (WNE) — After being crashed into Monday afternoon by a suspected drunk driver, a Colorado motorcyclist was life-flighted from Togwotee Pass to Idaho Falls, where her left leg was amputated. Joshua Berry, 36, of Reedsburg, Wisconsin, has been charged…