Game and Fish bans fires on Big Horn Basin lands

Posted 8/5/21

Fires are now banned on all Wyoming Game and Fish Commission-owned and administered lands within the Big Horn Basin.

Locations include Yellowtail Wildlife Habitat Management Area (WHMA) near …

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Game and Fish bans fires on Big Horn Basin lands

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Fires are now banned on all Wyoming Game and Fish Commission-owned and administered lands within the Big Horn Basin.

Locations include Yellowtail Wildlife Habitat Management Area (WHMA) near Lovell and the Renner WHMA and Medicine Lodge WHMA near Hyattville. The fire restrictions also are in effect at all Game and Fish Public Access Areas (PAAs) within Big Horn and Washakie Counties — including all accesses along the Bighorn River, Ten Sleep Creek and the Carter/Billy Miles PAA near Ten Sleep.

Fire restrictions had already been in place on all commission-owned and administered lands in Park County since July 5. This includes all PAAs in Park County, the Sunshine WMHA west of Meeteetse and Sunlight WHMA north of Cody.

The following acts are prohibited on all Game and Fish lands:

• Building, maintaining, attending or using a fire, campfire, charcoal grill, or coal or wood-burning stove

• Smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle or building, at a developed recreation site, or while stopped in an area at least three feet in diameter that is barren or cleared of all flammable materials

• Fires within an established ring are also banned in Public Access Areas under this regulation

• Fireworks are always prohibited on Wyoming Game and Fish lands

For more information on the fire ban on Game and Fish lands, contact the Cody Region Game and Fish office at 307-527-7125.  For a complete listing of fire bans on Game and Fish administered lands, visit http://wgfd.wyo.gov.

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