Wildfires have burned 629,000 acres in Wyoming, most of it on private land.

Wildfires have burned 629,000 acres in Wyoming, most of it on private land, posing a serious threat to cattle and the state's natural resources.

Wildfires have burned 629,000 acres in Wyoming, most of it on private land, posing a serious threat to cattle and the state's natural resources.

Emergency orders have been issued to accelerate the movement of animals and their feed as the state battles three major wildfires.

In the midst of this crisis, Wyoming also has one of the biggest concentrations of rare earth elements in North America, which are essential to contemporary technology and suggest the state may see a multibillion dollar mining sector in the future.


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