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A fire first discovered earlier this month in the Wyoming Range is now at 90 percent containment.
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Fire danger has been raised to “moderate” for the Teton area. That includes Grand Teton National Park, Bridger-Teton National Forest and the National Elk Refuge. The increase is due to warmer and windier conditions, and the fact that grasses, shrubs and trees are drying out.
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On a sunny May morning, more than a 100 fifth graders played and explored in an open grassy clearing, surrounded by pine trees on the banks of the rushing Buffalo Fork River. They were attending the annual Blackrock Field Camp, a two-day educational event put on by the U.S. Forest Service each year for students from elementary schools on the Wind River Reservation.
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Having tough conversations about responsible recreation is a big part of working in the world of public lands. Linda Merigliano has had a lot of practice doing just that. She is the Recreation Program Manager for the Jackson and Black Rock areas of the Bridger-Teton National Forest (BTNF) and has been working on land stewardship issues in the highly-trafficked area for more than three decades.
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The U.S. Forest Service is spending nearly $19 million to fight invasive species threatening the nation’s forests, including several in the Mountain West.
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The Wyoming Game and Fish Department runs 22 elk feedgrounds around the state. The fate of two of those depends on a National Environmental Policy Act review, which is currently in a public comment period.
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The Jackson area is home to a population of relatively genetically pure native cutthroat trout. In many other parts of the West, cutthroat trout have hybridized with rainbow trout. But a set of irrigation ditches off of Spread Creek have created a barrier for the Jackson area trout on their migrations. The fish get swept into irrigation ditches and eventually become stranded.
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Despite recent moisture, public lands across Wyoming are still experiencing moderate to severe drought conditions.
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The National Weather Service has indicated that hot and dry conditions will persist in the coming weeks, which increases the potential for fire activity across the Teton Interagency Fire area, hence elevating the fire danger rating to very high for Grand Teton National Park, Bridger-Teton National Forest, and the National Elk Refuge.
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Even in the height of the pandemic last summer, visitors came rushing to national parks and forests in Wyoming. Officials are preparing for an even…