Bull trout are verging on local extinction in the Lolo watershed due to climate change.
Storms, combined with predicted temperatures nearing 100 degrees, make for dangerous fire conditions.
Two new, small fires were spotted yesterday in the Rattlesnake Wilderness Area near Mineral Peak early on Friday morning and suppression efforts are in action.
The Moose Fire amassed 11,000 more acres burned overnight.
Jeremy J. Hennick, 51, is charged with five counts of timber set afire. He appeared in court on July 8.
Many campgrounds are now offering online campsite registration while still giving opportunity for campers to find a spot on a first-come, first-served basis.
As the Lolo National Forest prepares for a big summer of infrastructure work, two new leaders will step into local ranger stations.
Local traffic is allowed back on Highway 35 as crews continue work around the road and on the Boulder 2700 fire near Flathead Lake.
With the Thorne Creek fire topping 10,000 acres burned and the South Yaak fire growing 1,397 acres on Tuesday night, wildfires in western Montana continue to rip through extremely dry vegetation and deliver smoke.
Air quality in Missoula is still lingering in the “unhealthy category for sensitive groups” category as wildfire smoke from Western states continues to flow through the region.
A Missoula man has been jailed in Granite County for felony criminal endangerment in connection with the explosion. There were no deaths reported in the incident.
While places like California and Colorado endured their largest wildfires on record this fall, Montana forestry workers fret they may not have burned enough.
A little precipitation and milder temperatures helped cool the 2,000-acre Cinnabar Fire burning through heavy timber in the Welcome Creek Wilderness east of Stevensville on the Lolo National Forest.
The Long Gulch fire, in Long Gulch within the Tamarack Creek drainage, was reported at 8:20 p.m. Monday by lookouts at Pat's Knob and Camel's Hump, according to a Lolo Forest news release.
The entire Welcome Creek Wilderness is now closed to the public after a lightning-caused fire grew to an estimated 2,000 acres Monday on the Lolo National Forest.
This week promises to be an important one for this year’s fire season in the Bitterroot Valley.
“(He seems) pretty rigid and pretty strict, just a tough old guy. But actually, once you get to know (Bob Parcell), which takes some time, he has a heart of gold.”
NINEMILE – Don’t be lulled by the calm air of isolation wafting down this mountain valley: Practically every major land-use issue in western Montana is reaching the boiling point here.
“Very extreme fire behavior was observed. The fire continues to move east/southeast towards Revais Creek,” said an update posted on the Facebook page Thursday morning.
The shift from Moderate to High means all outdoor burning permits for Missoula County have been canceled for the season
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“My inner child would like to see the fish moving through here again.”
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The Bitterroot National Forest Darby timber sale is a massive logging proposal based on flawed assumptions.
The man who partially buried an infant in the Lolo National Forest in 2018 was sentenced to another three years in prison for a related federal gun charge.