LANDER— Due to dry conditions and local fire restrictions, the Wyoming Game and Fish Department is banning open fires on all Game and Fish Commission-owned and administered lands within Fremont County.
These lands include Red Canyon, Ocean Lake, Sand Mesa, Whiskey Basin, Inberg/Roy Wildlife Habitat Management Areas (WHMAs), and Spence and Moriarity Wildlife Management Area, as well as the following Public Access Areas (PAA): Little, Middle, and North Fork Popo Agie, Luckey Pond, and all Wind River PAAs near Dubois. This restriction will also apply to the Mexican Creek and Mud Springs PAAs once they are open to the public on September 1.
Habitat and Access Supervisor Kevin Howard said, “With dry conditions across Wyoming, fire possibility remains high, and the effects of wildfire can devastate habitat for wildlife on these properties and private lands in our Access Areas.”
Howard continued, “We appreciate the public’s attention to safeguarding and respecting these lands and Access Areas by remaining firewise and diligent.”
Under a fire ban, the following acts are prohibited on all Wyoming Game and Fish Commission-owned and administered lands:
- Building, maintaining, attending or using a fire, campfire charcoal grill, coal or wood burning stove.
- Smoking except within an enclosed vehicle or building, a developed recreation site, or while stopped in an area at least three feet in diameter that is barren or cleared of all flammable material.
Fireworks are always prohibited on Wyoming Game and Fish Commission lands.
Check for fire bans across the state on Wyoming Game and Fish Commission lands.
