Category: Wyoming Fires (Page 7 of 9)

I just received a comment on my blog today from a woman living in Massachusetts who’s daughter is fighting the Little Goose Canyon fire, which reminded me that every person involved in fighting this fire is a son or daughter, mother or father, husband or wife, sister or brother, aunt or uncle, cousin or friend of someone who loves them and is worried about them. And they are up there doing their best to save homes, cabins and personal property, and limit the destruction of the forest.

Much of that property I suspect has deep family roots and emotional ties to wonderful times, and the loss of any of it would be saddening, but it cannot compare with the loss of a loved one who is risking their life to save that property.

On the road running south from the town of Big Horn, a couple of property owners have put up thank you signs in the last couple days. If you are so inclined, I ask you to join me in praying for the safety of all the firefighters, volunteers and support personnel working this fire, and all the others raging around this country and the world.

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…