wyoming wildfires

A fire burning in the Bighorn National Forest has reached 758 acres in size as of Friday morning.

Wildland firefighting crews throughout the Cowboy State were busy over the weekend as fires began popping up around Wyoming.

Over the past 30 years, a typical wildfire year in Wyoming will produce over 700+ wildfires throughout the cowboy state. Those fires on average consume about 75,000 acres each year.

Effective at noon on Tuesday, September 13, 2016, park officials lifted fire restrictions inside the park’s boundaries.

The National Park Service on Wednesday lowered fire restrictions that prohibited campfires since last week because of extreme fire danger.

Cooler temperatures and rain have helped to calm wildfires burning in Yellowstone National Park.

But visitors will be banned from building campfires and they will notice a smoky haze in some places because of four wildfires burning in the park.

The Slough Creek Campground is the smallest of the developed campgrounds in Yellowstone with 23 sites.

Nearby scattered rural residences have been evacuated.