Data shows Ravalli County, Mont., an area seeing explosive population and development growth, is at higher wildfire risk than ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Bitterroot National Forest will begin prescribed burning operations in April. There are plans to burn more than 9,200 acres this spring. Forest officials say smoke may be ...

When the fire danger is "moderate", fires can start from most accidental causes, adding that if a fire starts in open, dry ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Bitterroot National Forest reminds the public of the annual climbing closure north of Hamilton. The annual climbing closure for the Mill Creek Canyon area started Feb. 1 to let ...

In anticipation of a deluge of hunters seeking the tasty culinary treasures, which often explode in growth in forested areas the spring after a burn, the Bitterroot National Forest has developed a ...

The Bitterroot National Forest is hitting the brakes on a 4-year-old proposal to use thinning and prescribed burning to remove vegetation across a vast swath of the Bitterroot Valley following ...

Lightning ignited three small fires in the Bitterroot National Forest on Saturday night, and dispatchers were fielding a steady stream of reports of smoke. The Sula Peak Lookout reported an 8-acre ...

The Bitterroot National Forest will be rising the fire danger from “Low” to “Moderate” on Tuesday. Mom who was dead for 45 minutes during child birth wakes up in hospital to find out she ...

The Alliance for the Wild Rockies and Native Ecosystems Council filed a lawsuit on September 9th against the Bitterroot National Forest seeking to stop the Gold Butterfly logging and burning project.

(CN) — Jim Miller isn’t looking forward to the next time the Bitterroot National Forest tries to revise its forest management plan. As president of the Friends of the Bitterroot, a small but dedicated ...

HAMILTON, Mont.— Conservation groups urged the U.S. Forest Service today to disclose more information about a Canadian company’s mining exploration plans in Montana’s Bitterroot National Forest, set ...

At the national forest, some 30 to 40 of 208 employees have been fired or have left through various incentive programs, said Melissa Pingree, a Bitterroot employee who’s on the executive council ...