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State Snowpack Running Low [AUDIO]

Cheyenne News Staff — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 13:52:32 +0000

Snow pack remains below average in Wyoming. Amy Richards has a report. U.S. Forest Service fire crews are planning to conduct a prescribed burn on the Thunder Basin National Grassland. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

Natural Gas Document Release Delayed (AUDIO)

Doug Randall — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:27:33 +0000

Bridger-Teton National Forest officials have delayed releasing a document that will decide the extent of a proposed natural gas development in western Wyoming. Amy Richards has a report. Due to the current weather conditions fire restrictions have been elevated to Stage II across the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forests and the Thunder Basin National Grassland. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

Fire Restrictions Announced

Cheyenne News Staff — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:05:40 +0000

Stage I fire restrictions went into effect on the Medicine Bow National Forest and Thunder Basin National Grassland as of midnight on June 14, 2012. Restrictions are necessary to protect public health and safety as well as natural and cultural resources.

Record low snowpack in addition to an early and unseasonably warm, dry spring have prompted the restrictions. This decision, which was made in coordination with the Bureau of Land Management, Wyoming State Forestry Division as well as Albany and Carbon Counties, follows the implementation of fire restrictions last we