Cody Culture Club: Fires of 1988
January 9, 2025 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm MST
Fires of 1988
At Buffalo Bill Center of the West
720 Sheridan Avenue
January 9, 2025
5:30–7:30 p.m.
Join us on select Thursdays January through April for Cody Culture Club. You’ll enjoy appetizers and cash bar at every program. If you love Cody, you’re part of the Club! Tickets for individual programs are $25 each, with discounts available with our package deal; details and online ticketing at centerofthewest.org/codycultureclub.
For our January 9 program, we’re looking back to the Yellowstone Fires of 1988 through the lenses of various people who have witnessed wildfire destruction firsthand. What were the lasting effects on the landscape? What have we learned about the ecology of Yellowstone and wildfire management?
Presenters include:
• Bernie Spanogle – Operations and FBAN in 1988
• Nickolas Kichas – Fire Ecologist, Yellowstone National Park
• Beau Kidd – Deputy Fire Staff Officer, NFS, GYAN
• Kyle Miller – Wyoming Hot Shot Captain, photographer
About our speakers
Information on our other speakers coming soon!
Beau Kidd currently serves as Deputy Fire Staff Officer for the Shoshone National Forest based out of Cody, Wyoming, and Operations Section Chief for the Rocky Mountain Area National Complex Incident Management Teams. In his 27 years of federal fire service, he has held positions with handcrews, hotshot crews, smokejumpers, and in various fire management functions. Kidd has lived in Powell, Wyoming, for 18 years, working for both the Bighorn and Shoshone National Forests during that time. He grew up in Dubois, a small rural farm town in eastern Idaho, and went to college at Boise State University before deciding that an adventurous career as a wildland firefighter was the right path for him! A father of three beautiful girls, Beau spends most of his spare time farming, training horses, or enjoying all the outdoor activities this amazing area has to offer.
Thank you to our sponsors
Blair Hotels
Carlene Lebous & Harris Haston
NextGen Park County
Simpson Gallagher Gallery
Upcoming Cody Culture Club events
• February 13: Lock, Stock, and Local: Guns of the Cody Firearms Museum
• March 13: Dead & Gone in Wyoming: Mysterious Tales of True Crime in the Cowboy State
• April 10: Common Ground
