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This winter, if you're one of those folks that enjoys hitting the groomed trails in the northern part of Wyoming's Snowy Range, it's time to start adjusting.

Stage 1 fire restrictions are currently in effect for the Bighorn National Forest and Sheridan County, where the fire is burning.

Wildfires burning in the Mountain West often don't carry with them good news as people lose their homes, livelihoods or even their lives.

The groups filed the lawsuit Monday against the U.S. Forest Service.

At the time, federal officials feared the nation's national forest could become targets as the country was deep into World War II.

The cause of the fire is unknown.

Western Watersheds Project said the plan guts protections for sage grouse created under the Obama administration in 2015.

The directive, issued in late July, severely limits a type of land swap involving federal property.

The hot, dry and windy weather has whipped up more smoke from the Badger Creek Fire and forced a closure of Wyoming Highway 230 again.

The Obama administration in 2015 didn't list sage grouse under the Endangered Species Act but imposed land-use restrictions.