A key strength of the training program is the instructors’ proficiency with prescribed burning. The cadre of instructors ...

Every year, wildfires torch more than just trees. They scorch homes, overwhelm emergency services, and they cost us more money every year in damages. Wildfires cost about half a trillion dollars in ...

DARBY, Mont. - Lightning caused fires continue to pop up in the Bitterroot National Forest keeping crews there busy. Firefighters are on the scene of 12 new wildland fires in the area, but quick ...

LOLO NATIONAL FOREST — Lolo National Forest officials report multiple small wildfire starts in the area. Officials say the Howell Fire, located a mile and a half south of the Butte Cabin Trailhead in ...

Likely, though, it’ll be among the most expensive suppression efforts in state history. Montana’s 10-year annual average for ...

Mikaela Balkind, a UM graduate student, created the training to empower young women to join the wildfire profession, where women make up less than 15% of the national workforce.

Is the Forest Service falling behind on wildfire prevention during President Donald Trump's second term in the White House?

Humans have altered the forests of western North America markedly over the past several centuries. We’ve suppressed fire, harvested much of the old-growth trees, and built homes and communities within ...