USFS

A fast-growing fire is burning in wilderness in the Lolo National Forest not far from Stevensville, according to fire Public Information Officer Katie Knotek.

After the historic fire season of 2017, Missoula County Commissioners have asked a distinguished fire scientist to speak at a public meeting on Thursday, February 8 to discuss ways to reduce the community’s risk of wildfire.

Two mountain lion cubs were found last week at the 3 Mile forest fire.

The October Walk by the Light of Moon Walk, sponsored by the Bitterroot National Forest, has been cancelled, due to the federal government shutdown. The walk was to be the finale of the monthly evening sessions this year. This one required more set up than usual, being the Ghost Moon...

Storms Thursday September 5 dropped about a half inch of rain on the Gold Pan Complex of forest fires and allowed the Magruder Corridor to reopen. The road passes through the wilderness and connects the West Fork of the Bitterroot Valley in Montana with Elk City and Dixie, Idaho...

The U.S. Forest Service will be using aircraft from Missoula's Neptune Aviation to fight forest fires again this year. USFS Chief Tom Tidwell announced the "legacy large airtanker exclusive-use" contracts this week. According to a Forest Service news release, two companies will provide eight large airtankers to support firefighters through the 2013 fire season...

Initial plans for the U.S. Forest Service spring prescribed burning projects are coming on-line. The Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest has plans to burn about 322 acres in the Dry Gulch drainage 2 miles southwest of Divide in the Pioneer Mountains and another 350 acres burn between Sheep Creek and Sand Creek about 5 miles southeast of Wisdom in the Big Hole...