US Forest Service

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 Lava Mountain Fire has grown to over 12,000 acres as of July 28th

“It’s something that we need to look at for the long term, but how it fits in in the short term is kind of a challenge,” says Engelskirger.

The US Forest Service has begun issuing permits to cut Christmas trees on the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests. Each permit costs $10 and allows for one tree to be cut on National Forest System Lands.  Trees taken with permits must be for personal use and not for resale...

The U.S. Forest Service is underway with an assessment of their West Side Snowy Range Travel Management project.

Forest personnel surveyed conditions over the weekend and found most roads impassable due to snow,especially in shaded areas and on north-facing slopes.