Posts tagged wildfire

By Stephen Camelio EBS Contributor The fires of 1988 that burned 1.4 million acres in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem—including 793,880 acres in the national park—were …

By Todd Wilkinson EBS Environmental Columnist Thirty years ago, following the spring warmup, a storm pattern rolled into the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, leading many to …

HELENA, Mont. (AP) – The cost of fighting wildfires in Montana is approaching $400 million at the tail end of the state’s worst wildfire season …

By Steven Dubois Associated Press A wet winter and spring in the Western U.S. brought predictions that the 2017 wildfire season would be mild. It …

By Matt Volz and Sudhin Thanawala Associated Press HELENA (AP) – Firefighters across the U.S. West struggled with wind-driven flames, hot temperatures and dry conditions …

HAMILTON, Mont. (AP) – Three teens who were charged with failing to fully extinguish a campfire that days later blew up into a wildfire that …

By Todd Wilkinson EBS Environmental Columnist Former Vice President Al Gore is back on the big screen with a follow-up to his 2006 Academy-award-winning documentary “An …

HELENA (AP) – Montana National Guard officials say 15 troops and a Chinook helicopter are being sent to fight a fire burning the in the …

By Matt Volz Associated Press HELENA (AP) – Montana’s worst fire season in years is expected to scorch the drought-stricken landscape well into fall, long after …

By Matt Volz Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) – Crews and equipment from 34 states arrived Monday to help fight four massive wildfires that have destroyed …