ORIGINAL: RuRu12
WYOWIRES - The snowfall up in the Cloud Peak and mouisture levels in general were what I was concerned about. I had read that there had been some fires on the Forest. Do you know where the fires were, and how extensive they were? Do you know if there are any prohibitions in place on open fires orcutting wood? Any info you can provide will help, and be much appreciated. I plan on calling the ForestOffice also.
The Bone Creek fire was in the Shell Canyon area on the NE side of highway 14. It burned about 13,500 acres. Was 95% contained as of 9/15. That means its out now.
http://www.inciweb.org/incident/maps/full/945/2/
The Little Goose fire was just south of BigHorn in Little Goose canyon and on Stumpy Ridge (where all of the cabins are, by Red Grade road). It was only active for a short period in August. It burned 4827 acres.
There will be signs telling you if there is a fire restriction or not as soon as you drive into Bighorn National Forest. There are no wood cutting restrictions if you cut the dead stuff that is already down.