18 fires, 320,000 acres burn in Idaho. Remote Yellow Pine on alert for evacuation
Although Idaho doesn’t have a giant fire like the Derby fire in Montana, there more large fires are burning in Idaho than any state. Substantial new fires emerge every day
The Green Canyon fire near the Utah, Idaho, Nevada border has finally been contained.
Yellow Pine is a very remote mountain town, and could be evacuated. This government map shows that road access could be cut off by fires.
Read about it in the Idaho Statesman today. Article

Ralph Maughan
Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University with specialties in natural resource politics, public opinion, interest groups, political parties, voting and elections. Aside from academic publications, he is author or co-author of three hiking/backpacking guides, and he is past President of the Western Watersheds Project.
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