Wyoming Republicans turn on firefighters, tribes as drought conditions worsen

Gillette, Wyoming is a scary place. It's where ecocide is encouraged and mercury from coal burning power plants is released into South Dakota's watersheds and beyond.

The Campbell County Fire Department is asking that people be patient during the ongoing wildfires, understanding that these past several days have been stressful on landowners and firefighters alike. And it’s caused some high-tension situations between residents and firefighters. “Our members have been threatened with bodily harm while standing their ground and completing their assignments,” the fire department wrote in a Facebook post. [Fire department asks residents to be understanding and patient with firefighters]

As of Friday Wyoming wildfires have cleared nearly a half million acres of fences, power lines, dry grasses, sagebrush, ponderosa pine and juniper in Republican ranch country even as the Biden administration reaches out to ranchers who rely on moral hazard to survive. Northeastern Wyoming is under a fire weather watch through Sunday as wind gusts reach thirty five miles per hour, low humidity prevails and temperatures rise to as much as twenty degrees above normal.

Tension is high in the Mountain West after threats from South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem and Wyoming US Representative Harriet Hageman so local Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service offices and employees are on alert for militant zealots bent on violent disruptions or worse as federal agencies assess resource management plans. 

On the Wind River Indian Reservation tribal members are furious as Earth haters Hageman and Senator John Barrasso advance a land and water grab within Eastern Shoshone boundaries without council consultation.