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Wildland Fire
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ID Name Cause Start Status Size (acres)
1121 Headwaters Lightning 09/26/2011 Out 3.0
1120 Ribbon Human 09/17/2011 Out 0.1
1119 Trischman Lightning 09/10/2011

Out

5.7
1118 Specimen Lightning 08/31/2011 Out 0.1
1117 Pitchstone Unknown 08/30/2011 Out 0.1
1116 Weasel Lightning 08/29/2011 Out 0.1
1115 Ouzel Lightning 08/27/2011 Out 3.0
1114 Prospect Lightning 08/26/2011 Out 0.1
1113 Point Lightning 08/25/2011 Out 1800
1112 Huckleberry Lightning 08/25/2011 Out 1.0
1111 Sour Lightning 08/25/2011 Out 0.1
1110 Heart Lightning 08/25/2011 Out 0.1
1109 Grant Human 08/24/2011 Out 0.1
1108 Bighorn Human 08/20/2011 Out 0.1
1107 Junction Lightning 08/07/2011 Out 0.1
1106 Coyote Lightning 08/07/2011 Out 0.1
1105 Devil Human 08/05/2011 Out 0.1
1104 Gibbon Lightning 07/12/2011 Out 23
1103 Grouse Lightning 07/12/2011 Out 0.1
1102 Mud Lightning 06/30/2011 Out 0.1
1101 Floating Lightning 06/08/2011 Out 0.1



The Wildland Fire Program has two goals:

1. To suppress wildfires that are human-caused or that threaten people, property or resource values.

2. To ensure that naturally ignited wildland fires may burn freely as an ecosystem process.

Achievement of these goals involves maintaining fire readiness, reducing hazardous fuel loads, monitoring natural ignitions, and researching the effects of fire on Yellowstone's ecosystems.

To accomplish these tasks the Wildland Fire Program has several crews: Helitack, Suppression, Fire Monitors, and Fire Effects. In these web pages you will find information on the various parts of our program. Additionally we offer a current wildland Fire Report, information on Fire Ecology, the techniques of Prescribed Fire and Fire Suppression, and References and Links to wildland fire information.

The status of active fires is also posted on InciWeb (an interagency system that tracks fire-related incidents), Yellowstone's Twitter page, and news pages.



The Teton Fire page provides additional info about other fires burning in the Greater Yellowstone Basin.

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For Questions about Fires and Visitations, please contact: Visitor Services

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Last Updated: December 12, 2011 at 10:21 MST