UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA MISSOULA—More than three times as many houses and other structures burned in Western wildfires from 2010 to 2020 than in the previous decade,...
MSU NEWS SERVICE BOZEMAN—Smokejumpers who survived a wildfire in 1961 will recount their harrowing experiences in an upcoming film set to air on Montana PBS. “Higgins...
By Matthew Brown ASSOCIATED PRESS BILLINGS—The Biden administration on Thursday announced $930 million for reducing wildfire dangers in 10 western states by clearing trees and underbrush...
EBS STAFF Despite the alarming sight of smoke visible from Big Sky’s Town Center, a Nov. 16 Forest Service press release warned that crews will begin...
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...
