Fires at a Glance: New road closure of Deadman Creek Road from the Greys River Road to Deadman Mine due to fire danger effective 5 pm today (Big Piney Ranger District). Two small fires being manned on the Pinedale Ranger District. Elkhart Park trailhead into wilderness open to public access, with restrictions. Half Moon Lake Resort open again for guests. Open fire ban still in effect.

Revised Half Moon/Triangle Closure Map
  8/20/2000 (56 K)
Fontenelle fire closure map
 08/15/2000 (74K)

Fire Location Graphics:
General Fire Location Map
Half Moon Fire Map
Triangle Fire Map

Summary: Pinedale Ranger District sent a crew from the Half Moon fire to a small fire on Lake Ethel, several miles east of Boulder Lake in the wilderness, being called the Lovatt fire. This fire is approximately 6 acres in size. The Boulder Creek trail is closed because of this fire. Another new start was found near Slide lake in the Upper Green and is being called the Fishbowl fire, currently about 1/10 acre in size. A 4-man Pinedale District crew is on that fire now. 

Deadman Creek Road in the Greys River Ranger District Closed
Monday, August 21, 2000 5 pm

Bridger-Teton National Forest Supervisor, Kniffy Hamilton, announced today the closure of
Deadman Creek Road from the Greys River Road to Deadman Mine due to fire danger.

As of 5:00 pm on Monday, August 21st, forest road 10005, known as Deadman Creek Road from Greys River Road to Deadman Mine has been closed for public safety until further notice.

Travelers should be alert to the presence of fire fighting equipment traveling to the Blind Fire along
the Little Greys and Greys River Roads. Be prepared for additional unplanned closures in the event of new fire danger. 

Further information is available at the following interagency website:  www.tetonfires.com

Two firefighting crews have left. Two crews plus a helicopter and hel-attack crew remain to help with mop up on the Half Moon fire. Another new start was found yesterday several miles east of Boulder Lake in the wilderness and is being manned. The Boulder Lake trail is currently closed due to this fire, which is approximately 6 acres in size. Another start, approximately 1/10th of an acre, is located in the Upper Green River by Slide Lake, and is also currently being manned. 

Elkhart Park and the Skyline Drive road are open with access to Pole Creek trail. Long Lake & Glimpse Lake trails will remain closed because of the Triangle fire. Two 20-man crews will remain on the Half Moon fire through tomorrow.  Half Moon Resort is open for guests. The road is open but restricted to homeowners and Half Moon Lake Resort personnel and guests. The forest-wide ban on all open fires remains in effect. Fire danger remains extremely high.

Things look very good for both the Triangle and Half Moon fires. Triangle is burning within acceptable boundaries and mop up continues on Half Moon. 

Revised Half Moon/Triangle Closure Map (56 K) 8/20/2000

Nearby fire news:
A new road closure of Deadman Creek Road from the Greys River Road to Deadman Mine due to fire danger was announced today effective 5 pm.

The Prospect fire on south Horse Creek in the Big Piney District is approximately 1/10th acres in size and is being manned by 4 firefighters.

Fontenelle fire closure map 08/15/2000 (74K)

For fire information on the east side of the Wind River Mountains and in the Fitzpatrick Wilderness Area, please contact the Forest Service at the Dubois Ranger Station at 307-455-2466. There currently is a fire there in Dinwoody Creek which is 60% contained.

Earlier fire updates:
Sunday, August 20, 2000
Saturday, August 19, 2000
Friday, August 18, 2000
Thursday, August 17, 2000
Wednesday, August 16, 2000
Tuesday, August 15, 2000
Monday, August 14, 2000
Sunday, August 13, 2000
Saturday, August 12, 2000

Revised B-T fire map 8/17/00
Western Wyoming fire map 8/17/00

Half Moon/Triangle Fire Complex
Approximately 1,115 acres 
Half Moon is 100% contained, Triangle is 50% contained

Half Moon Fire Location: On northeast end of Half Moon Lake on both sides of Pole Creek drainage, up to the west side of Fayette Lake, up to the Sweeny Creek Pack Trail.
Triangle Fire Location: Within the Bridger Wilderness between Long Lake/Upper Long Lake & Triangle Lake, approximately 2 miles east & 1 mile north of the head end of Fremont Lake.
Status: Firefighters on Half Moon fire are mopping up hot spots. Triangle remains within natural barriers.

With the closure of the Elkhart Park trailhead, many of our local outfitters & guides have had to either reroute scheduled trips or cancel certain ones into the wilderness. This has had a significant impact economically on many of these businesses, who rely on this season economically. We'd like to put in another "Shameless Plug" to encourage visitors to visit our Outfitters & Guides page as well as the Guest Ranches & Lodges page to get more information about these fine folks and link to their web sites. Boulder Lake Lodge is the most recent now to be impacted from a closure due to a fire near their lodge. O'Kelly Outfitting, Elk Ridge Lodge Outfitters and others have had to scramble to reroute their scheduled trips into the wilderness. Please visit the web sites of these folks and check out what they have to offer!

Because of all the fire activity going on, we have created a new site that has broader information about what is going on with fires on the Bridger-Teton National Forest. www.bridgertetonnationalforest.com We are working very closely with the Forest Service on the information on this site and updating it frequently. This site will soon transition over to a site at www.tetonfires.com which we are designing to encompass the broader multi-agency scope of these fires which now include Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. This site will be up shortly.

More area fire graphics:
National Interagency Fire Center Large Wildland Fire Map
National Interagency Fire Center web site (ww.nifc.gov)