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Wilson reported that staffing levels and resource availability were both looking good and said that he didn’t predict any ...
The Bitterroot National Forest reports more than 800 confirmed lightning strikes on the forest in the past 48 hours.
Crews are attacking two fires in the Bitterroot National Forest.The Dominic Point Fire is burning 28 acres, 8 miles east of ...
New mapping shows the Dominic Point Fire is burning at 31 acres, 8 miles east of Corvallis. It still has no containment.The ...
A Bitterroot National Forest Service fuels reduction project implemented seven years ago prevented a wildfire from growing ...
MISSOULA — Lightning has sparked six new fires across the southern side of the Bitterroot National Forest near Missoula, ...
HAMILTON - Back in 1964, a bulldozer climbed up a steep hillside somewhere on the Bitterroot National Forest and lowered its blade.
Montanans are well aware of the asbestos disaster caused by the vermiculite mine in Libby that turned the town into a Superfund site. Libby’s tremolite asbestos lurked in the shadows for decades until ...
Officials from Bitterroot National Forest (BNF) reported more than six fires igniting across the southern end of the forest, ...
MONTANA - Firefighters and community members in the Bitterroot National Forest have been frequently discovering abandoned campfires. This year, the forest has already faced 14 human-caused wildfires, ...
As stormy weather leaves its mark, firefighters in Western Montana work diligently to control multiple new blazes ignited by ...