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Gunbarrel fire

  • Three "wildland use" fires get out of control

    Ralph Maughan

    Aug. 29, 2008. I have added some new updates (in red text) The idea of letting fires in remote areas burn in order to save money and provide ecological benefits is one of growing popularity, especially given the toll fires are taking on the Forest Service budget (the later most a crisis manufactured by the…

  • Crews take more aggressive tack on Gunbarrel fire

    Ralph Maughan

    Although we haven’t reported on it for a few days, the Gunbarrel fire has now burned a huge chunk of the North Absaroka Wilderness. It has been mostly managed as a needed “wildland” fire, but it is threatening to break out. Despite its size, it has only cost $5.6 million dollars, much less than fires…

  • Gunbarrel fire clears out massive area of beetle-killed timber

    Ralph Maughan

    Gunbarrel still on fire. Long-term plan uses fire to clear forest of beetle-killed trees. By Ruffin Prevost. Billings Gazette Wyoming Bureau. The fire is now 50 square miles and serving to clear out a part of the North Absaroka Wilderness that was a deadfall jungle (not that access was ever easy, given the rugged terrain…

  • The Gunbarrel Fire moves closer to the Cody-East Entrance road

    Ralph Maughan

    Winds have blown this backcountry/wilderness fire to the east of Yellowstone Park closer to the East Entrance road. It was started by a campfire and has mostly burned in very rugged country filled with bug-killed timber, producing a huge plume of smoke. North winds challenge Gunbarrel fire lines. By Ruffin Prevost. Billings Gazette. Update. August…

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