Day: August 15, 2007

Not much for me to report on the (apparent) status of the fire this afternoon since you can hardly see the mountain. According to reports at the Sheridan Media website, this is due to a managed back burn they are conducting on top, and also from a fire now burning in the Shell Canyon area (north of the Falls Visitor Center, dubbed the “Bone Creek Fire.” According to the report, those fires, as well as fires in Montana are contributing to the amount of smoke we are experiencing in this area.

This morning the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) website reports:

Little Goose (Bighorn National Forest): 4,575 acres at 40 percent contained. This fire is burning 15 miles southwest of Sheridan. Moderate fire behavior was reported. The communities of Little Goose and Teepee are threatened. Evacuations are in effect.

And according to a post dated yesterday on the Sheridan Media website:

CERTAIN RESIDENTS ARE NOW BEING LET BACK INTO THEIR HOMES NEAR THE LITTLE GOOSE FIRE – A big announcement came down this afternoon regarding some of the residents with homes near the Little Goose fire …residents and homeowners below the upper snowmobile parking lot on Red Grade Road and those on County road 77 are being allowed to go back to their homes, however you must first pick up an evacuee pass at the Big Horn Fire Station from County Commissioner Steve Maier…