Mullen Fire

Over Labor Day Weekend, I tagged along on a hunting trip in Medicine Bow National Forest. The most fascinating part was that we were in the middle of burn scars from the Mullen Fire in 2020.

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has recently released its hunting forecast for the Laramie Region. Pronghorn Grassland herds in the north and east, including Iron Mountain (Hunt Area 38), Meadowdale (Hunt Area 11), Hawk Springs (Hunt Area 34), and Dwyer (Hunt Area 103) have declined over the past four years...

Moderate, to at times, heavy rainfall could be briefly possible this afternoon across the Mullen Burn Scar in Albany County and Carbon County.

The Albany County Sheriff's Office announced on their Facebook page that all area closures caused by the Mullen Fire have been lifted. In the post, the sheriff's office posted a letter from the United States Department of Agriculture. In this letter, it states that all closures which were enacted in September are now lifted, though the fire itself may be smoldering and that heat may still be in th

Wildlife biologists, hunters and others are beginning to think about what a Wyoming forest will look like after it begins to grow back from a wildfire.

The Mullen Fire Information Facebook Page recently issued a much-anticipated update on the Mullen Fire which has been raging through Medicine Bow National Forest since September. With the winter storm over the weekend, the post stated that the snowfall that fell on the fire will not melt till spring, according to Meteorologist Dan Borsum...

The fire was at 176,878 acres late Thursday, with nearly 600 personnel working the fire.

Jelm Mountian and Forbes-Sheep Mountian Wildlife Habitat Management Areas (WHMA) have both reopened for humans presence after being closed by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department due to the Mullen Fire. Fire bans remain in place in both areas...

Lake Hattie has been reopened for watercraft usage by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, effective immediately. It had been temporarily closed in order to allow for aircraft to collect water in order to aid with efforts to suppress the Mullen Fire...

The fire, about 30 miles west of Laramie, Wyoming is now about 69% contained, according to officials.