We’re on pins and needles all summer long. So much of the forest is at a close proximity to private lands and structures," ...

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

The 1,000-hour fuels category describes dead branches and trees between 3 and 8 inches in diameter. It takes longer for ...

When fire danger is moderate, fires can readily start in open, dry grasslands and can spread quickly, especially on windy days. There was particular concern for Thursday afternoon when the National ...

His 20-person ground crew had been split in half to help with a rash of small forest fires around Missoula following last weekend’s lightning storm. Ten went to the Bitterroot National Forest.

Both dogs, Bess and Beetle, also survived. Beetle was found by a hiker and returned to Stringham, who, after helping the ...

Rocky Mountain Labs workers had been let go or told their contracts would end this summer, and nine more had retired early, ...

Nathan Boddy Late last week, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a “phased pause” in operations at all 99 contractor-operated Job Corps centers nationwide. In its press release, […] ...

Work to protect the banks of the Clark Fork River in the urban core and remediate the impacts of a defunct mining site on the ...

U.S. Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand raise alarm about threat to "crown jewel" of Finger Lakes region.

The National Rural Health Association named Bitterroot Health as one of three Montana hospitals recognized on their annual ...

President Donald Trump's nominee to oversee the U.S. Forest Service has a history of clashing with the very agency that he ...