Expect smoke around the Northeast Entrance in Yellowstone

Expect smoke around the Northeast Entrance in Yellowstone

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service on Oct. 1, 2019. It is reproduced in full below.

* Expect smoke around the Northeast Entrance through October.

* Wildland fire staff will burn piles of woody debris in the area until the end of the month.

* Burning the piles is the last step of the Firewise project where staff removed vegetation around buildings in order to reduce the threat of wildfire.

Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service

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