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...
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...