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Forest Service Plans Controlled Burn Near Weston

Associated Press — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:39:54 +0000

DOUGLAS, Wyo. (AP) — Crews with the U.S. Forest Service plan to conduct a prescribed burn on the Thunder Basin National Grassland near the town of Weston.

Depending on weather conditions, the "Pappy's Pasture Prescribed Burn" could be started as early as Thursday

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Officials Concerned About Possible Forest Merger

Associated Press — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 17:56:45 +0000

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Many Wyoming officials say they're concerned about the prospect of combining management of the Bridger-Teton National Forest in northwestern Wyoming with the Caribou-Targhee National Forest in southeastern Idaho

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Forest Service Plans Control Burn

Associated Press — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:56:46 +0000

BUFFALO, Wyo. (AP) — Firefighters with U.S. Forest Service will conduct controlled burns this week in the Powder River Ranger District of the Bighorn National Forest.

Burns are planned in the Dry Tensleep Creek drainage west of Deerhaven Lodge and in the South Fork Paintrock Creek area near Battle Park

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Humans To Blame For Guernsey State Park Fire

Associated Press — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 17:14:44 +0000

Officials have pinpointed the area where the Guernsey State Park wildfire began

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Tree Removal Prompts Road Closure

Associated Press — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 20:04:47 +0000

SARATOGA, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service plans closures on the western side of the Sierra Madre mountain range to allow crews to remove hazardous dead trees.

Forest Road 801, commonly known as the Deep Creek/Rawlins Road, will be closed on weekdays between 7 a

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Several Burns In NW Wyoming This Spring

Associated Press — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:04:42 +0000

CODY, Wyo. (AP) — Several controlled burns are planned this spring in northwestern Wyoming.

Rangers in the Shoshone National Forest want to conduct four burns, including a 500 to 750 acre burn aimed at improving wildlife habitat, regenerating aspen and reducing vegetation that could fuel a wildfire

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Real Or Fake? The Christmas Tree Question.

Karen Snyder — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:45:35 +0000

Many Wyomingites will be making the big decision soon about whether to buy a fake or real Christmas tree...or, maybe, cut their own from a local forest. There are merits for all options, but Bill Ulfelder at The Nature Conservancy says natural Christmas trees are best

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BLM, Forest Service Offer Christmas Tree Permits

Karen Snyder — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 15:05:41 +0000

The Bureau of Land Management offers Christmas tree permits for sale every year.

Cindy Wertz, public affairs specialist with the BLM, says permits are good for up to five trees, though the number allowed varies by field office

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