Bitterroot National Forest
Memorial Day Weekend Safety in Forest [AUDIO]
Memorial Day weekend marks the beginning of summer, and hundreds of recreation seekers will be heading to the Bitterroot National Forest for camping, hiking and fishing. Forest spokesman Todd McKay has important safety tips for anyone who will be spending the weekend in the forest.
Dry Conditions Increase Forest Fire Danger
Como Boat Launch Opens
Bitterroot Forest Attacks the Pine Beetle
No Boat Launch for You – Yet
Chaffin Creek Road Gets New Culverts – Trout Benefit
Bitterroot Weather Equipment Found
Western Montana Spring Smoke Season Starts
This is the time of year that the local National Forest and BLM crews conduct control burns.
Much like the column of smoke put up by the forest burn in the Blue Mountain area west of Missoula Wednesday, the fires burn hot for an hour or two, but then begin to die down, as the material burns up, usually piled in one general area of the forest

