Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest reported two small wildfires on Wednesday.

The Brown’s Gulch Fire is a 10-acre fire located approximately five miles north of Mammoth and nine miles south of Whitehall in the Tobacco Root Mountains. Authorities say the fire is burning in scattered timber, shrub and grass. The area is very rocky and steeply sloped, however, Butte Fire Personnel have responded. The cause is unknown at this time.

A second fire was reported Wednesday on the forest. The Homestake Fire that was called in shortly after noon and Butte Fire Personnel responded. The .1-acre fire was extinguished by 12:30 p.m.

Forest officials remind those recreating on the forest that fireworks are illegal on federal lands as Independence Day approaches.