BIG TIMBER, Mont. - A wildfire north of Yellowstone National Park burned more than 20,000 acres and destroyed three homes, numerous outbuildings and a highway bridge before snowfall subdued it early Tuesday, an emergency management official said.

By French, Brett Gallatin National Forest lands charred by last summer's wildfires could yield a crop of highly valued morel mushrooms ... or they could not. Either way, forest officials are prepared. "It's kind of a big unknown for us," said Bill Avey, Big Timber district ranger.