America's Preparedness Report Card 2015

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Wyoming

Wyoming Wildfires

Wyoming has more than 460,000 people living in areas with elevated vulnerability to wildfires. The state could be doing more to prepare for its growing future wildfires risks.

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For more information on how prepared Wyoming is for its growing wildfires threat, read the detailed state summary.

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Is Wyoming Taking Action?

  • The Wyoming State Forestry Division has published general information on future wildfire risks, but the state has not conducted a detailed vulnerability assessment, and it has not adopted a climate change adaptation plan
  • Like many states, Wyoming has a hazard mitigation plan that covers wildfire and takes part in the national Firewise program, which helps communities prepare for wildfire risks

Did you know...

  • 10 times more large wildfires (more than 1000 acres) burned each year in Wyoming, on average over the past decade, than in the 1970s
  • The average area burned each year in Wyoming is 45 times greater over the past ten years than in the 1970s