Wildfires

On Wednesday’s Talk Back show, Dr. Peter Kolb with the MSU College of Forestry and Conservation, housed at the University of Montana, provided an overview of western Montana’s forest health.

When a fire breaks out in the mountain west, the Northern Rockies Interagency Support Cache right here in Missoula can supply everything firefighters need almost at a moment's notice.

President Trump talked about the need to "gently" and "beautifully" remove the dead and dying trees that are fueling larger fires in our nation's forests. During the cabinet meeting, he called on Zinke to give a recap of his visit to the frontlines to the nation's most …

A number of new small wildfires have been reported by the Northern Rockies Coordination Center's watch list for Montana, including the Ten Mile Fire.

When minutes and even seconds matter in a fast moving wildfire situation, information is vital for firefighters to be able to effectively communicate with residents in the path of the fire.

A combination of hot temperatures and a lack of moisture in the past two weeks caused the Missoula County Fire Protection Association to raise the fire danger level from ‘High’ to ‘Very High’ on Monday.

The Missoula County Fire Protection Agency has raised the fire danger level from ‘Moderate’ to ‘High’, as of noon on Monday, July 16.

This weekend's hot summer weather also included a bit of smoky haze over both the Missoula and Bitterroot valleys, reminiscent of last year's wildfire season.

After the historic 2017 wildfire season that burned over a million acres of forestland as well as private property, officials with the DNRC are advising residents in the wildland urban interface to prepare their properties for fire.

Wildfire experts are saying the upcoming fire season will be ‘above normal’, meaning more than 300,000 acres burned, due to hotter, drier conditions through September.