Post by Admin on Aug 7, 2020 9:22:51 GMT -7
Small Fires Near and In Yellowstone Park
The Bozeman Chronicle reports:
"Lightning sparked two small wildfires in Yellowstone National Park in the past week and a fire on the west side of the Tobacco Root Mountains forced road closures, marking the beginning of the region’s wildfire season.
The two fires in Yellowstone are out, according to park officials. One was the Sour fire near Mirror Plateau, spotted by a lookout at Mount Washburn on Friday. Precipitation fell on the blaze a little later and officials haven’t seen it since.
A visitor reported a second fire south of the Soda Butte formation in Lamar Valley on Monday. The Soda fire was suppressed shortly afterward.
Meanwhile, near Sheridan, the Old Baldy fire has burned around 130 acres of subalpine fir and lodgepole pine trees in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest."
Read the full story here.
"Lightning sparked two small wildfires in Yellowstone National Park in the past week and a fire on the west side of the Tobacco Root Mountains forced road closures, marking the beginning of the region’s wildfire season.
The two fires in Yellowstone are out, according to park officials. One was the Sour fire near Mirror Plateau, spotted by a lookout at Mount Washburn on Friday. Precipitation fell on the blaze a little later and officials haven’t seen it since.
A visitor reported a second fire south of the Soda Butte formation in Lamar Valley on Monday. The Soda fire was suppressed shortly afterward.
Meanwhile, near Sheridan, the Old Baldy fire has burned around 130 acres of subalpine fir and lodgepole pine trees in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest."
Read the full story here.
