Fire accounts for bulk of governor's supplemental budget requests

Wyoming was succeeding in its mission to return to a path of financial stability until faced by one of the worst fire years in the state’s history.

This is the message of Governor Mark Gordon’s proposed supplemental budget for the next year, which requests $140 million for firefighting and restoration efforts.

“Fighting these fires exhausted our total biennial allocation for fire control within a few months instead of two years,” he wrote.

“I am not sure any of us imagined all of that capacity would be used up that quickly.”

In his message to legislators ahead of the 2025 general session, Gord...