Despite a slower rate of wildfire fuels reduction on federal forest lands, the Forest Service's firefighting policy could also boost levels of flammable materials in western forests.

MISSOULA, Mont. — Fire crews on the Ninemile Ranger District of the Lolo National Forest responded Tuesday to two lightning-caused wildfires south of Alberton. Both fires are reported at less than one ...

Only about 75,000 acres burned across the state compared with a seasonal average of 320,000 acres, but fire suppression costs are currently estimated at nearly three times the average.

Through the first nine months of 2025, prescribed burns and other fuel-reduction work in Montana's federal forests dipped by ...

The proposed Bitterroot Front Project extends along the eastern side of the Bitterroot Range approximately from Lolo to Darby.

Missoula's annual Day of the Dead Festival got underway in Missoula on Saturday."Our previous CEO and CFO were originally from Guatemala, they have Latin roots Cold front moving through the region; ...

The state and Missoula city and county have worked to log, thin and burn Marshal Canyon’s wildland-urban interface.

In an overwhelming bipartisan vote, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry advanced a bill to address ...

That devastation — and the federal and state dollars it burns through in suppression and prevention costs — has caught the ...