Freedom Caucus stays firm on $13 million cheatgrass-spraying cut as invasive grass tightens its grip on Wyoming

Freedom Caucus stays firm on $13 million cheatgrass-spraying cut as invasive grass tightens its grip on Wyoming

Hot Springs County residents watched the Red Canyon Fire explode in August. Driven by extreme weather conditions, the lightning-sparked blaze burned nearly 195 square miles of grassland, sagebrush steppe and pinyon-juniper habitat in the Bighorn Range foothills, and it happened quickly — most of the burn area was charred in a span of four days.  Dread in Hot Springs County communities like Thermopolis and Kirby wasn’t confined to the immediate e…