How local agencies cooperate and respond to fires By Gabrielle Gasser EBS STAFF BIG SKY – This summer, smoke from western wildfires smothered the U.S., many people...
BEAVERHEAD-DEERLODGE NATIONAL FOREST DILLON – On Saturday, Aug. 1, a lighting strike started the Baldy Mountain Fire on the Madison Ranger District. Fire officials believe it...
STATE OF MONTANA HELENA – Montana’s spring and summer burning season began March 1, and the Department of Environmental Quality reminds Montanans that only clean, untreated...
By Jessianne Castle EBS Contributor BOZEMAN – In a crowded room of approximately 70 at the Bozeman Lindley Center, homeowner Jeff Moore recently described what it...
TWIN BRIDGES, Mont. (AP) – A fire that burned through a Montana fly rod shop knocked out electricity at some houses for many hours. The Montana Standard reports...
BEAVERHEAD-DEERLODGE NATIONAL FOREST DILLON – Officials with the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest recently reported a number of abandoned campfires have been found throughout the forest. While none...
The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation on Aug. 31 issued a ban on all burning and outside smoking in Gallatin and Park counties, including...
By Joseph T. O’Connor Explore Big Sky Senior Editor BIG SKY – A wildfire, sparked from a suspected cigarette butt, burned an approximate half acre underneath...
By Tyler Allen, Explorebigsky.com Staff Writer BIG SKY – The Resort Tax Board will hold its next meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 12 at 11 a.m. The...
The Gallatin National Forest recently amended the Forest’s 1987 Forest Plan to reflect the language and intent of the National Fire Policy. The amendment applies to...
