USA TODAY analysis finds 3.3 million Americans live in areas with "very high" wildfire risk and 14.8 million more at “relatively high” risk.

The Prescribed Fire Council originates from the Montana Forest Action Plan which 1) includes a statewide assessment of forest conditions, 2) identifies priority areas for focused treatment ...

Multiple Montana fire departments are sending crews and engines to California to help fight four fast-moving wildfires.The ...

"It is actually amazing to see how many people here know and love Missoula, Montana ... include a third Missoula Fire Engine that is on standby in Lake Forest, California, consisting of ...

Montana Disaster and Emergency ... Friday she was told by the U.S. Forest Service that the Northern Rockies Coordination Center reported nearly 100 wildland fire professionals helping out in ...

Montana and British Columbia. After watching the fire’s swift and unstoppable spread, the fledgling U.S. Forest Service developed a military-style apparatus built to eradicate wildfire.

“The Lolo National Forest has been striving to reintroduce fire to the landscape on a broader scale for a while now,” said Jeremy Casterson, Acting Forest Supervisor for the Lolo National Forest.

Reading and maintaining a human connection have a vital role to play as extreme events that have long served as the stuff of ...

Some of the visuals coming out of Los Angeles County over the past week are ones we expect with wildfires: dramatic flames, ...

University of Montana (THE CONVERSATION) The fires burning in the Los Angeles area are a powerful example of why humans have learned to fear wildfire. Fires can level entire neighborhoods in an ...

A Montana forest fire that lasted six weeks led to reduced ... as we’re seeing in the urban fires now. In addition to the PM2.5 particles dispersed in the acute fire, responders and homeowners ...

Less than a week into his new job, Montana ... now here in Los Angeles, he said. Scientists and activists alarmed by the climate crisis have also been talking about the likelihood of a never ...