Willow Creek Fire now 4,356 acres at 17% containment for Thursday
The Willow Creek Fire is coming up on a full week of burning in southwest of Smoot, Wyoming. The fire was first reported on Friday, August 22 approximately four miles southwest of Smoot. The latest update from officials are estimating…
Willow Creek Fire still at 12% containment on Wednesday
Fire crews continue to battle the Willow Creek Fire located four miles southwest of Smoot, Wyoming as the blaze enters its sixth day. As of the latest update, the fire is now estimated to be 4,355.9 acres which is virtually…
Cooler temps and increased chance of rain in the forecast as Willow Creek Fire continues to be active.
According to the latest update on Monday provided by officials battling the Willow Creek Fire south of Smoot, wetter conditions and cooler temperatures are expected to aid in the effort. No increase in burning acreage was reported with the total…
Willow Creek Fire grows to 250 acres
The Willow Creek Fire, reported just after 11 a.m. on Friday some four miles west of Smoot, has grown to 250 acres as of 8 p.m. according to the latest estimates. Multiple helicopters and other fire suppression methods including an…
Fire Watch: Little Greys 39 acres, Dollar Lake at 1,388. New fire south of Star Valley.
The Dollar Lake Fire that started Thursday afternoon in the Pinedale Ranger District of the Bridger-Teton National Forest doubled in size overnight, with the latest report showing a total of 1,388 total acres burned. The fast moving fire, burning in…
Dollar Lake Fire explodes to roughly 700 acres in single afternoon
A fast moving fire burning in the Green River Lakes area of Sublette County exploded Thursday afternoon, burning roughly 700 acres. According to the National Interagency Fire Center, the Dollar Lake Fire burning in the Pinedale Ranger District of the…
Little Greys Fire grows to 39 acres – new fire burning in Green River Lakes
The Little Greys Fire, burning six miles southeast of the McCain Guard Station in the Greys River District of the Bridger-Teton National Forest, grew to 39 acres in size as of Thursday afternoon. According to the B-Y, firefighters with two…
Fire burning in Greys River
A wildfire started Wednesday, August 20 in the Greys River area. According to the Bridger-Teton National Forest, the Little Greys Fire is burning on the Greys River Ranger District approximately six miles southeast of the McCain guard station. “There is…
Bridger-Teton National Forest renews two feedground permits amid chronic wasting disease outbreak
By Christina MacIntosh Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — The Bridger-Teton National Forest will allow two Wyoming Game and Fish elk feedgrounds that need their permits renewed to continue to operate on forest land for at…
Updates from Lincoln County Commissioner Mel Shumway
Key Topics: U.S. Forest Service Revision Plan, logging permits, Afton Airport grant, Strawberry Road construction, TerraPower permit, septic tank management, and Kemmerer Courthouse expansion Lincoln County Commissioner Mel Shumway made an appearance on the Weekday Wake-up on Monday, July…