fire restrictions

The Bureau of Land Management says it is putting partial fire restrictions on its lands in Wyoming's Weston, Crook and Niobrara counties due to dry conditions and high fire danger.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management, citing dry conditions and high fire danger, has placed partial fire restrictions on public lands it administers in Natrona, Converse, Platte and Goshen counties beginning today. The BLM imposes these restrictions in coordination with the counties: Building, maintaining, attending or using a fire or campfire except within agency-provided fire grates at developed

The U.S. Forest service has released a list of frequently asked questions and their answers about the restriction process.

Wyoming hasn't had any big wildfires so far this year but several weeks in a row of warm, dry weather have led to the state's first widespread fire restrictions this year.

The Sweetwater County Commission has approved a subsidy to keep SkyWest Airlines service between the Rock Springs\Sweetwater County Airport and Salt Lake City. Doug Randall reports. The Bureau of Land Management announced partial fire restrictions beginning next week for Natrona, Converse, Goshen and Platte counties. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

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...