Smoke and haze – that’s been the rule for the skies of western Wyoming for the last week.
According to weather officials, most of the smoke is coming from wildfires in California, Oregon and Washington.
However, two fires large enough to be listed on the national InciWeb database are burning in Wyoming.
The Shale Creek fire in the Bridger-Teton National Forest, involving about 189 acres, was first reported July 16 and is expected to be fully contained by Saturday.
The fire, burning in remote and rugged terrain east of the Hams Fork River, has forced the closure of some access trails and forest roads by Bridger-Teton National Forest officials.
The Crater Ridge Fire, however, continued to grow in a remote area of the Bighorn National Forest, covering 564 acres as of Sunday with no containment of the flames reported.