Sheep Herder Hill Fire

UPDATE 8:19 p.m. Wednesday - Both the tornado warning for east-central Platte County and the tornado watch for southeastern Wyoming have expired. A flash flood warning remains in effect until midnight for central and east-central Platte County...

Casper City Council approved a $140,000 matching grant request initiated by the Casper Mountain Fire District that fire officials say will go toward the purchase of a specialized fire truck. The resolution was approved by a near-unanimous 8-1 margin at Casper City Council's Tuesday meeting...

Natrona County fire investigators say they've yet to determine an exact cause of last summer's Sheep Herder Hill Fire. The fire scorched 15,556 acres atop Casper Mountain between Sept. 9 and Sept. 16 of 2012. Fire inspector Dave Baker says the Natrona County Fire District is still looking for answers...

Crimson Dawn Park on Casper Mountain suffered more from vandalism this summer than from fire damage. Crimson Dawn Association President, Phil Pike, says he'd heard about the vandalism before heading up to check fire damage after the Sheep Herder Hill Fire...

Areas of Casper Mountain burned in the Sheep Herder Hill Fire will get some rehabilitation this Saturday. Bureau of Land Management Forester, Cindy Allen, says its a National Public Lands Day event and a joint effort with Natrona County High School ROTC and the public...

The investigation continues into the Sheep Herder Hill fire

All evacuations on Casper Mountain since the start of the Sheep Herder Hill fire have now been lifted. Officials with Natrona County Emergency Management say all land owners now have access to their property without escort. The fire destroyed 37 cabins and homes, and damaged dozens of outbuildings...

My husband Ron and I got the call on Thursday from authorities letting us know that our cabin was among the buildings that were destroyed in the Sheepherder Hill fire...

The 36  cabin or home owners who lost properties in the Sheep Herder Hill Fire were told they'd have a chance to be escorted in briefly on Saturday. "So folks that have destroyed structures can start looking at their places and start making a game plan as far as clean up and recovery...

No significant dispersal of wildlife off of Casper Mountain have been documented due to the Sheepherder Hill Fire. "Most of the wildlife that occupy Rocky Mountain ecosystems have evolved and can adapt to fire. So generally speaking, they're pretty good at avoiding wildfire...