Wildfire
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Post Labor Day Yellowstone construction and fire have made an unnecessary hardship- Now this in combination with snow has all but closed the Park early- Yesterday you enjoyed Dusty Road’s photos of the Arnica Fire taken from Yellowstone Lake (on a boat), but Dusty, a local resident, has more to say. Ralph Maughan – –…
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Although it was plenty smoky, end of the fire season finds the Park’s largest fire of the year beneficial- As snow suddenly replaces warm late September, the fires in Yellowstone, Grand Teton, and nearby are dying quickly. The Jackson Hole News and Guide reports the the 2800 acre lightning caused fire west of Jackson Lake…
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Arnica Creek (YNP) at 9300 acres; Bearpaw Bay (GTNP) 2500 acres; more in the Gros Ventre- Fires consuming acres, but weather might turn. By Cory Hatch, Jackson Hole Daily By Wednesday morning there might be snow and an end to the suddenly exciting late season burst of wildfires. – – – – – Photos of …
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From time to time, this only big fire of the year has cut off the remaining access to the north of Yellowstone Park- Here is Arnica fire incident page. The fire grew from 4 to over 1600 acres in 4 days. When the fire blocks the road, due to the closure of the other road…
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These self-starting manure fires are apparently all too common Southern California when it gets hot- Well . . . another negative side effect of ranching! Oh, and the location of the ranch where the fire began was kept a secret. Story in the LA Times.
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Earlier I posted an article and an update about the forest fire on top of Druid Peak. Here is the Official page on the fire with current updates, maps and photos.
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The “Butte Fire” at 110 acres is largest in a slow forest fire season inside YNP- Lightning-caused fire in park grows to 110 acres. Billings Gazette. Update 9/8/2009. Fire on Druid Peak grows to 200 acres. AP Update 9/10/2009. Bad news. It is burning whitebark pine, the endangered and incredibly valuable food source for grizzly…
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BLM and DuPont held accountable for killing crops which neighbor public lands by applying Oust in southern Idaho after wildfires. Jury finds agency, DuPont negligent in land case Associated Press