By Marianne Baumberger U.S. Forest Service Most folks consider how their activities could start a wildfire. Do you? Here’s a checklist to think about, and how...
By Willie Blazer My static line is hooked and I’m standing in the open door, taking in the roar of the plane, the smell of jet...
By Joseph T. O’Connor EBS Managing Editor Looking for summer reading material? Look no further. The summer issue of Mountain Outlaw magazine, the Outlaw Partners’ biannual...
For over a century, Montana has figured at the center of American wildfire policy. Climate change is again making it ground zero. By Todd Wilkinson “Hypocrites!...
By Evelyn Boswell MSU News Service BOZEMAN – A Montana State University scientist who studies wildfires around the world now has a Fulbright scholar grant to...
Hunters encouraged to make wildfire prevention top priority MONTANA FISH, WILDLIFE AND PARKS Montana’s archery-only hunting season for deer, elk, antelope, black bear, wolf and mountain...
CUSTER-GALLATIN NATIONAL FOREST Three factors influence wildfire behavior: weather, topography and fuel. These elements affect and increase the likelihood of a fire starting, the speed and...
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...
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...
Snake Fire starts near south entrance of park; southwest Montana fires smoldering By Tyler Allen Explore Big Sky Staff Writer The Snake Fire in Yellowstone National...
