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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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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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Brian Weathers

These aerial photos of the “Sheep Herder Hill” fire on Casper Mountain were taken by photographer Brian Weathers along with pilot Larry Earnshaw.

Rich Denison, Townsquare Media

The emergency dispatch center in Casper has been overwhelmed with people calling 911 with questions about the fire. But when the “Sheep Herder Hill” fire started on Sunday afternoon, several people watched it in its initial stages without calling it in.

Casper reside

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Wyoming Governor Matt Mead has activated the Wyoming National Guard to assist in fighting the wildfire that has forced hundreds of families from their homes near Casper. This, according to an official re

Tom McCarthy, Townsquare Media

Check back for the most recent evacuation orders for Casper, Casper Mountain and Central Wyoming. The K2 Radio News team is tracking the Sheep Herder Hill Fire and is your source for up-to-the-minute information from local, state and federal emergency responders.

*The images may be difficult to see at night.