Wildfires

After a year off due to COVID restrictions, Montana will once again host the annual Pacific Northwest Economic Region Summit August 15 through 19 at Big Sky.

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris held a ZOOM meeting on Friday afternoon with governors from the western states most affected by wildfire.

On Thursday, Montana Governor Greg Gianforte provided a wildfire update to a U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee Wildfire Forum about ‘Preventing Catastrophic Wildfires and Restoring Forest Health and Resiliency’.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks has announced that no fires will be allowed on any of their campsites due to Stage Two Fire Restrictions put in place on Friday.

Several counties in Montana are already expecting triple digit temperatures on Sunday with continued dry conditions. Fire weather is certainly upon us and extreme caution should be used this weekend.

Three fires are continuing to cause concern.

With all of the smoke in the air around Montana lately, you may have wondered about the health risks. Here's what the CDC and Montana DEQ say about it.

You may have noticed what looked like small snowflakes drifting down from the sky in western Montana on Monday, but they were actually bits of ash that traveled from California, Washington and Oregon fires all the way to the Missoula valley.

In the summer of 1985, I applied to be both a firefighter and/or a bus driver to haul the firefighters from fire to fire.

With the hot temperatures this week and a dry, windy weekend, fire officials are warning outdoor recreationists to be extra careful with fires, especially campfires.