Wildland

Currently, there are no active wildland fires in Yellowstone National Park.

The cause of the fire remains unknown.

Wildland firefighting is a team effort with federal, state and local resources.

No structures, nor any injuries, have been reported lost so far.

The new center’s location at the airport allows for greater coordination with the Casper Single Engine Air Tanker base.

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.

RAWLINS, Wyo. (AP) — Preparations for wildfire season are underway in Rawlins this week. Fifteen people are training to become wildland firefighters in a course sponsored by the Bureau of Land Management. In order to be certified, they must be able to complete a three-mile hike in less than 45 minutes while carrying a 45 pound pack...

Area Fire Departments battled two wildland fires on Sunday afternoon in Natrona County. Both fire burned  approximately 140 acres of grass and sagebrush.