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USFS layoffs: Montana wildfire fighting capacity eroded as red-card workers are fired
About 75% of the fired Forest Service workers held red cards. That means the agency lost some 2,550 wildland firefighters ...
Fire lab scientist says we're still not doing enough to prevent massive wildfires: "We're definitely part of the problem"
Mark Finney studies the science behind wildfires for a living. He believes we're not heeding lessons of the past.
Montana Free Press1d
Bitterroot National Forest hits brakes on thinning, prescribed burning project
The Bitterroot National Forest is hitting the brakes on a 4-year-old proposal to use thinning and prescribed burning to ...
Montana scientists alarmed by wildfires encroaching on US towns
Scientists at a federal laboratory in Montana that has focused on fire for decades are increasingly concerned about wildfires ...
Trump fires federal workers who help fight forest fires weeks after historic LA blazes
The U.S. Forest Service fired 2,000 probationary workers. The agency says none were "operational firefighters," but some helped battle wildfires.
Montana Public Radio10h
What is 'conifer expansion' and how does it affect the water supply?
More than half a million acres in southwest Montana have been impacted by conifer expansion. It used to be that fires would ...
The Missoula Current News1d
Sheehy proposes new wildland fire response time
Wildfire Response and Preparedness Act of 2025, would set a 30-minute limit, ‘to the extent practicable,’ for fire crews to ...
Daily Inter Lake1d
Thinning project expected in Ray Kuhns Wildlife Managment Area this summer
According to an environmental assessment released by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks, a combination of commercial and ...