prescribed burn

The fire district says not to call 911.

The first burn is set for the backcountry Salt Range subalpine zone.

Western states have less social acceptance for the practice because of the smoke, lack of funding and the occasional fire that escapes control, Kolden said.

People in Casper and the surrounding areas will be able to see the smoke for several days, and are asked to refrain from calling 911.

The agency says the condition of native vegetation for wildlife and livestock on Pole Mountain is in decline.

Firefighters now have contained 70 percent of the Smith Mountain fire about 40 miles southeast of Casper, according to a news release form the U.S. Bureau of Land Management on Thursday.

With the onset of another snow storm in the state, it was signs of spring that put a stop to a prescribed burn that was only partially completed on the Sierra Madre range this week.

The High Desert District of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management in Wyoming plans to conduct several prescribed fires this spring.

PINEDALE, Wyo. (AP) — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management plans to conduct a prescribed fire about 25 miles northwest of Pinedale this winter or early spring. The timing of the Hoback prescribed burn will depend on fuel moisture and weather conditions...