U.S. Forest Service

A Florida man killed in a snowmobile crash in southeast Wyoming's Snowy Range earlier this month has been identified.

A man is dead following a snowmobile crash in southeast Wyoming's Snowy Range, the Albany County Sheriff's Office says.

Fire danger in the area is currently high.

Investigators determined the blaze originated from an abandoned warming fire in the upper reaches of the Hoback River drainage.

The Forest Service is taking public comments on the new plan for 90 days.

Forest Service law enforcement received information from the public, but needs more.

Specialists with the Forest Service Burned Area Emergency Response recently finished collecting data and verification field work of the Badger Creek Fire burn area and have compiled a Soil Burn Severity Map.

Two new, smaller fires have started in the vicinity of the Badger Creek Fire and fire resources are on the scene.

But the agency says there will be no change to over-snow motor vehicle use in those areas this winter.

The Forest Service eased the restrictions because of the reduction in human-caused risk, increased fuel moisture, and favorable long-term fire weather forecasts.