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

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

by Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile 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 co…