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| WEDNESDAY Sept 5, 2001 Vol 5, # 77 |
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| WEDNESDAY Sept 5, 2001 Vol 5, # 77 |
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YELLOWSTONE FIRE UPDATE National Park Service YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (NPS) -- The park has four fires burning, two of which are being managed for resource benefits, and two of which are being suppressed. The Stone fire is 130 acres and is being managed for resource benefits. Very little change occurred between Sunday and Monday. The fire has been creeping and smoldering to the northeast and west. The Sulphur fire is 825 acres and is also being managed for resource benefits. The fire was particularly active on its western flank, where it has crossed a drainage with a limited rate of spread. Monitors continue to collect live fuel moisture samples and observe fire behavior. The Falcon fire is 3,760 acres and is being suppressed under a confinement strategy. Steady southwest winds have pushed the fire into curing grasses and willows, which now have the potential to create spot fires to the east of Yellowstone River in Thorofare Valley. Structure protection equipment remains in place for the Thorofare Ranger Station, located to the east of the river. Cooperative monitoring is being conducted via aerial patrol by the park and Bridger-Teton National Forest. The Little Joe fire is 860 acres and is being suppressed. Fire activity is minimal.
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CONTRIBUTING WRITERS AND COLUMNISTS Russ Finley
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NATIONAL PARK FIRE UPDATE GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, Mont. -- The Moose fire is now 52,000 acres and growing, driven by high winds. Only 5% of the fire has been contained, and no estimate has been given for full containment. About 12,000 of the fire acreage is inside Glacier National Park, and the community of Polebridge near the Park has been evacuated. There are currently over 1200 firefighters working the fire with 24 engines and nine helicopters. Due to extreme fire activity this week, North Fork Road has been closed. In addition, burnout operations to protect structures near Home Ranch Bottoms have been successful. The park, Going-to-the-Sun Road, most campgrounds and all commercial visitor facilities remain open. |
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DISPUTE IN GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK GRAND TEON NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. -- The Casper Star-Tribune reports that several conservation groups are questioning whether a Jackson Hole rancher invalidated his Grand Teton National Park grazing lease by recently selling off 36 acres of private land for $11.9 million. The Jackson Hole Conservation Alliance and the Western Watersheds Project, among other groups, say rancher Brad Mead's land sale may trigger a lease-invalidation clause in a 1997 law temporarily extending park grazing privileges to two families who would otherwise have lost them. The law sponsored by U.S. Sen. Craig Thomas, R-Wyo., allowed Mead and a second lease-holding family to continue park grazing until a final agency grazing decision, so long as they did not sell privately held "base agricultural lands." Thomas called it a measure to preserve open spaces by barring subdivision and development. National Park Service officials say they are reviewing the land sale to determine if the lands were used for agriculture. If so, the 1997 act would require the agency to withdraw Mead's cattle grazing lease on about 2,000 acres of park land. Jon Marvel of the Western Watershed Project said Wednesday that Mead has sold or is nearing sale of 110 acres in Spring Gulch west of Jackson that the rancher had subdivided and transferred to a limited liability corporation. Neither Mead nor his attorney could be reached for comment last week. For the full story, click here. |
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