The dangerous fires were among some 100 large blazes burning across 15 states, mostly in the West, where historic drought conditions have left lands parched and ripe for ignition. Burning through bone-dry trees, brush and grass, the Dixie Fire has …

Lightning ignited all of the fires on August 21 and 22. The Maverick and the Little Fork Fires are being managed together as the Diamond Complex. Together, they have burned 16,300 acres. To the north, the Mill Fire has burned 6,500 acres of forest and grass after starting on August 22. The Water Hole and Boss Ribs fires are the largest fires in ...

Smoke-filled skies from multiple wildfires burning in Montana and other western states have prompted air quality alerts for parts of southwest Montana, including Butte-Silver Bow, Beaverhead ...

Map showing the location of the Mill Creek Fire at 3:24 a.m. MDT July 2, 2017. As of Saturday night 116 acres had burned. Steamboat Today reported that two hotshot crews will be assigned on Sunday.

Handing over the blog to Jenny Kane on publication day is always a particular pleasure – Winter Fires at Mill Grange, the fourth and final novel in the Mill Grange series, is published as an e-book today (11th November) by Aria Fiction, with the paperback to follow on 9th December.I thoroughly enjoyed the first book in the series, Midsummer Dreams (you'll find my review here), and it was a ...

Across the Geographic Area, yesterday there were 29 uncontained large fires. Year-to-date in Montana 2,082 fires have burned 825,975 acres as of this morning at 0800. Cooler temperatures expected across western Montana, with eastern Montana warming up ahead of a dry cold front today.

Eastern Montana . Montana is the sixth coldest state in the nation and the eastern section of big sky country sees the chilliest winter temps.   Glendive, Great Falls, Havre City, Lewis Town, and Miles City are located east of the Continental …

Watkins Mill Circle - vehicle fire No injures were reported in any of the fires and all are under investigation. Continue Reading Show full articles without "Continue Reading" button for {0} hours.

20-D1-04 Mill Creek Trail. The purpose of this order is to protect the Bitterroot National Forest Trail Crew and the public from potential harm from trail construction related hazards (rolling rock, rigging operations, etc.). The Trail closure allows for the Trail Crew to conduct construction activities in the safest possible manner.

Millcreek Wildland Fire: 3:30PM 5 acre fire off of Plateau Dr. in @MillcreekUT No evacuations. Fire is no longer spreading. Crews are actively securing the fires edge and putting out hotspots.

Meek Mill poses for a portrait at the Roc Nation offices in New York on Sept. 22, 2021, to promote his upcoming album "Expensive Pain." The Philadelphia rapper is …

Firefighter suffers serious burns while fighting fire in Montana Author Bill Gabbert Posted on July 17, 2021 Categories Uncategorized Tags burnover, injury, …

Figure 79. Butte & Montana Commercial Company mill, ca. 1895 Figure 80. Interior of State Lumber Company sawmill, LaSalle, Montana, 1898 Figure 81. List of some of the sawmills in Flathead County in 1907 Figure 82. Timber types in the Flathead River drainage, 1922 Figure 83. Production of small mills vs. large mills in Montana, 1921-1948 Figure 84.

In 2018, fire marshals with the bureau investigated 42 structure fires for the entire year, including homes, buildings, garages and sheds. That number increased to 47 in 2019, and 2020 ended with ...

Kay Erickson. Published October 18, 2021 at 6:07 PM MDT. Listen • 1:23. An 8 acre wildfire just north of the Blacktail Ski Area in the Flathead Valley was sparked early Monday morning. The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation says the Patrick Creek Fire is threatening multiple homes, and pre-evacuation warnings are in place.

Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming). In 2020, nearly 26,000 wildfires burned approximately 9.5 million acres in the West, compared with the over 33,000 fires that burned just under 0.7 million acres in the East. In the East (where there is less federal acreage), most of the fires occur on

In 2004, there were 10,000 people in Montana employed by lumber mills or working in forestry. That number dropped to 7,030 in 2010 but has rebounded a little bit to …

Map of the Richard Spring Fire, 12:31 a.m. MDT August 13, 2021. The Richard Spring Fire reported August 8, 2021 10 miles southwest of Colstrip, Montana has burned along the Tongue River ...

According to Daines, 28 of the top 30 forest fires in the nation are in Montana. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., also spoke from the Senate floor to bring attention to Montana's devastating fire season. He said one rancher he knew took the shoes off his horse to avoid starting a fire from any sparks the shoes might cause when hitting a rock in dry grass.

Since the beginning of the year, Montana has experienced 2,208 wildland fires that have burned nearly 850,000 acres. Missoula County has had 113 wildland …

Fires blaze from the Blacktail Fire, located in the Blacktail Creek area, east of Loco Mountain in the Crazy Mountains, in Montana. The Blacktail Fire engulfed a little over 5,000 acres, with over 1 million acres impacted across Montana through various …

The fires that do end up burning in the height of fire season are too big, too hot and too severe to help keep an ecosystem healthy. Inside the firestorm Read more

As of September 7, 78 large fires have been spreading across 10 states in the US—burning across 1.9 million acres of land thus far, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. Over the ...

Those were only the biggest of the 2021 fires, and the risk isn't over. A wind-blown fire that started Oct. 11 was spreading quickly near Santa Barbara on the Southern California coast.

The probability of mortality of Pinus halepensis and P. pinea trees after 6 separate wildfires (which took place from 1989 to 1991 in South Eastern France) was modelled with logistic regression analysis using data on tree size and fire-damage descriptors from 998 trees in 13 stands. For both species, probability of mortality increased with increasing percentage of crown scorched and estimated ...

The Haystack fire near Boulder, the Alder Creek (and nearby) fires in the Beaverhead National Forest, the Trail Creek fire along the Idaho/Montana border, and the South Moccasin Fire near Lewistown are all showing hotspots from today's satellite analyses as well. Please see Inciweb for the latest updates on fire activity.

By early August an estimated 3,000 fires were burning across Idaho, Montana and Washington, including the Bean Creek fire, the Lakeview and Loop Creek fires, the Mineral County fires, the Placer Creek fire, the Trout Creek fire and countless others …

The Montana Wood Products Association. The Montana Wood Products Association was founded in 1972 and serves as a major voice for the wood products industry while actively dealing with timber, logging, and wood products manufacturing issues in …

Fires Stoked by Heat, Wind Force Evacuations in Montana More Residents watch as flames from the Robertson Draw fire burn above Red Lodge, Mont., Tuesday evening, June 15, 2021.

The U.S. wildfire season continues to burn into November. Last Friday (10-29-21), the National Interagency Fire Center reported there are wildfire fighters deployed trying to contain 6 large wildfires burning on over 336,400 acres nationally. Three new large fires were reported on Friday — two in Texas and one in Colorado.

Tracking Montana's 2021 fire season. With an expansive drought drying out vegetation across the state, 2021 was a particularly active year for Montana wildfires. Montana Free Press tracked the season on this page with hourly updates on the …

Steeped in Western history, Miles City remains a true Western town. Vast stretches of plains and badlands branch out in all directions. The Yellowstone and Tongue rivers flow unblemished in long sections. Once the horse trading and livestock center of the country, Miles City still has weekly livestock...