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Wyoming could be the second state to pass a law limiting utilities liability — if they agree to help mitigate fires.
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Fire crews are starting to do some prescribed burning in Grand Teton National Park this week. The efforts help reduce future wildfire risk by burning dead wood and brush in the cooler late fall conditions.
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Firefighters are battling longer fire seasons with less people. Volunteerism has dropped nationwide – and Wyoming is seeing that trend, too. Fire departments are asking themselves how to regain numbers for a vital community service.
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Highway 26/287 over Togwotee Pass temporarily re-opened on Friday morning. The road’s been closed for most of the week as crews have worked to keep the Fish Creek Fire from jumping the highway. Expect slow speeds and limited visibility.
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Residents of the Brooks Lake, Pinnacle Drive and Breccia Drive areas have been under a Level 3 evacuation notice since Tuesday evening. U.S. Highway 26 over Togwotee Pass remains closed.
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Crews have finished 28 percent of the actions they want to take to confine the blaze and protect Highway 26/287, the Brooks Lake Lodge and nearby cabins.
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The study's lead author says that land managers could do fuels treatments in the wake of such burns to extend that mitigating impact.
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Rain and some snow fell on the fire burning about seven miles southwest of Togwotee Pass on Sunday night and into Monday morning. Crews have now contained a little more than 20 percent of the approximately 11,000 acre Fish Creek Fire. A community meeting will be held Monday night to provide local residents with updates.
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Heat advisories have been issued for much of eastern Wyoming from noon on Thursday to Sunday night. Those advisories include the areas around Bighorn Basin, Wind River Basin, and Natrona and Johnson counties.
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The deadly wildfires in Maui are raising questions about the power of wind-driven fires. Twenty years ago, two huge wind-driven fires engulfed the forests along Yellowstone National Park’s eastern corridor.