wildfire danger

The Teton Interagency Area has announced they are increasing the fire danger level from moderate to high.

The Natrona County Commission will consider placing fire restrictions because of impending drought and rising fire danger, according to a resolution on its agenda for Tuesday's meeting in the old courthouse at 5:30 p.m. Effective Tuesday, open burning on all private, county, and state and federal lands in the county is restricted to containers with spark arrestors in 10-foot cleared and approved a

Despite damp conditions this past winter and spring, officials with Natrona County Emergency Management say the county-wide wildfire danger has been steadily increasing since the beginning of summer. Lt. Stew Anderson, the emergency manager for Natrona County, said low humidity and recent windy conditions have dried out light fuels in several portions of the county...

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — The wildfire danger for Wyoming is rated as normal for June, a relief to officials at the Bridger-Teton National Forest. The forest had its second-worst wildfire season on record last summer. This year, Bridger-Teton fire specialist Andy Norman told the Associated Press that conditions aren't very wet but they're not extremely dry either...