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It made national headlines in October 2022 when Forest Service burn boss Ricky Snodgrass was arrested while overseeing a prescribed fire in rural Oregon. Now, a year and a half later, Snodgrass has been indicted on a misdemeanor reckless burning charge. The union he’s a member of is hopeful that he won’t be found guilty, but a representative says the case has still had impacts.
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Grassroots Wildland Firefighters gathered well over 13,000 signatures on a petition demanding action from Congress on the looming pay cliff for federal firefighters. There are several legislative fixes in play, but the Sept. 30 deadline is fast approaching and legislators are on recess until the middle of next month.
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The nation’s recent heat wave is quickly drying out vegetation, which is leading land officials around the West to issue fire warnings and restrictions.
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Less than three months remain before federal wildland firefighters see their pay cut substantially – unless Congress intervenes soon. To raise pressure on legislators, Grassroots Wildland Firefighters has started circulating a petition demanding swift action, and in just a few days it has already gotten nearly 8,000 signatures.
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In the first of five expected rounds of grant applications, the federal government awarded nearly $180 million to communities across the country to fund projects to reduce wildfire risk. Montana-based Headwaters Economics evaluated how well that first round met the goals of prioritizing high-risk, low-income and disaster-impacted communities. The short answer is pretty well, but there’s still room for improvement, especially when it comes to poorer communities with limited local government staff.
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New research from the National Institute of Standards and Technology shows that moving sheds farther away from homes is one way homeowners can reduce wildfire risk.
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Twenty-two-year-old Lorna Roxanne Green appeared in court Friday morning. A grand jury charged her for setting Wellspring Health Access in Casper on fire last May. The attack delayed the clinic’s opening from June 2022 to April of this year.
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Residents of Orr Hall Dormitory at the University of Wyoming were evacuated early Tues. morning, Feb. 14 after a fire was reported in one of the rooms.
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With consistent cold weather, space heaters and other strategies to warm your home can put it at risk for a fire. According to the National Fire Protection Association, there is an increased risk of house fires during the winter. And house fires can create another problem for nearby residents.
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A series of events in Laramie are focusing on what living with wildfire really means in the future. Mullen Days is looking at this through the lens of the Mullen Fire, which was Wyoming’s largest single-source fire in the fall of 2020. It burned more than 170,000 acres in the Snowies.