The Volunteer Fire Departments of Bar Nunn and Casper Mountain have had t-shirts, hoodies, and 2012 calendars printed up commemorating the 2012 Sheepherder Hill Fire on Casper Mountain. Both departments will be selling these items this comi
(Photo:Trevor T. Trujillo, Townsquare Media)
The Bureau of Land Management has lifted the fire restrictions on BLM-administered lands, in the Casper, Buffalo and Newcastle Field Offices.
Cooler temperatures and increased moisture have helped improve conditions so that the following activities can resume on BLM-administered public lands:
• Building, maintaining, attending or using a fire or campfire.
• Smoking.
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Natrona County Fire District
A wildland fire on the western end of Casper Mountain is now fully contained. Natrona County Fire District Inspector Dave Baker said crews were still on the scene late Tuesday putting out hotspots, and there are areas of timber that will take time to fully extinguish.
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Natrona County Fire District
Crews are battling a wildland fire on Coal Mountain Road on the west end of Casper Mountain. Natrona County Fire District spokesman Dave Baker said the fire is estimated to be 200 to 300 acres in size. B
Fire investigators say the Sheep Herder Hill fire on Casper Mountain was human-caused.
Rich Denison, Townsquare Media
Only a few small areas of smoke can be seen on Casper Mountain, nearly a week after crews managed 100 percent containment of the Sheep Herder Hill fire that burned more than 15,500 acres, and destroyed 37 homes and cabins.
K2 News Director Rich Denison was on a training flight for
Rich Denison, Townsquare Media
All evacuations on Casper Mountain since the start of the Sheep Herder Hill fire have now been lifted. Officials with Natrona County Emergency Management say all land owners now have access to their property without escort. T
Before the Sheep Herder Hill Fire (Photo by Pat Greiner)
My husband Ron and I got the call on Thursday from Natrona County authorities letting us know that our cabin was among the buildings that were destroyed in the Sheepherder Hill fire. On
Rich Dennison, K2Radio News
After a good weekend of fighting the Sheep Herder Hill fire, Emergency Management and fire management has lifted most evacuation orders surrounding the fire and is now allowing landowners and residents back on the mountain. According
A public meeting was held Wednesday evening in the Casper City Council Chambers for those with questions about the Sheep Herder Hill fire on Casper Mountain. Officials also laid out the broad strategy for fighting the fires on Casper Mountain. Watch the entire meeting here:
Karen Snyder, K2 Radio
Great work done during initial attack on the Sheep Herder Hill Fire means crews are now able to move forward with containment, which, as of Wednesday, was at about 50 percent.
Larry Floyd, one of the operation chiefs on the f
Karen Snyder, K2 Radio
Officials at the Natrona County Health Department say they’ve had reports of ash from the Sheep Herder Hill fire dropping as far away as Douglas. Audrey Grey is special operations manager at the h
