Stewardship pact gives Wyo more say on national forests
Agreement with federal agency calls for state role in ‘active management’ to combat fire threats, invasive weeds, but critics see it as a plan for more logging and industrial agriculture.
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Smoky sunset
The sky over the Wind River Range turns orange as the sun sets on a smoky Wednesday in a scene from Ray Lake near Fort Washakie.
Faces of the firefighters
Portraits of some of the 1,456 firefighters working on three major wildfires in Wyoming.
Bridger-Teton National Forest a poster child for neglect
The Bridger-Teton National Forest has seen a 28 percent budget cut since 2009, hurting programs, facilities and personnel who serve 3.4 million visitors a year.
Wildfires could bankrupt states if they acquired federal tracts — report
Western states are ill-equipped to take ownership of federal lands because of the spiraling cost of fighting wildfires on national forests
