EBS STAFF BIG SKY – Wildfire smoke drifted into Big Sky and the Gallatin Valley overnight Sunday, bringing the Air Quality Index up to moderate in...
ASSOCIATED PRESS BILLINGS – Triple-digit temperatures broke records across parts of the Northern Plains on Wednesday, as forecasters warned strong winds could stoke out-of-control wildfires and...
EBS STAFF BIG SKY – Wildfire smoke has settled into the air around Big Sky from fires to the west in Idaho and Oregon. Windy conditions...
By Noah Berger ASSOCIATED PRESS YREKA, Calif. – Crews battling major wildfires in California and Montana worked to protect remote communities on Sunday as hot, windy...
By Steve Pyne WRITERS ON THE RANGE We know now that the largest recorded fire in New Mexico history was started by an escaped “prescribed burn,”...
By Steve Pyne Writers on the Range The Pleistocene epoch that began 2.6 million years ago sent ice in waves through Yosemite. Glaciers gouged out great...
By Steve Pyne Writers on the Range Fire in the West is expected, and not so long ago, it seemed something the West experienced more than...
GALLATIN MEDIA CENTER BOZEMAN – The Gallatin County Commission has lifted the county-wide burn ban as of Tuesday, Aug. 31. Citing recent rainfall and cooler temperatures,...
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...
