Togwotee

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.

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.

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.

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.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and partners have started a targeted hazing operation on a grizzly bear and her two cubs. The grizzly family has been appearing regularly on a section of Togwotee Pass. And because the pass isn't far from Grand Teton National Park, tourists have been making the mistake of stopping to observe the bears when they drive by and spot them.

Despite a multi-agency effort to provide safe viewing of grizzly bears on U.S. Highway 26 near Togwotee Pass, individuals are still illegally parking and…

Tom Duncan grew up in Lander. He comes from a family of Scottish immigrants that settled in Wyoming in the 1880s. In 1900, Duncan’s grandfather trailed…