UM will host a screening of “The Fire Problem,” an hour-long documentary addressing the global wildfire crisis on February 12 ...

New research shows that dead trees in Yellowstone National Park may pose a greater fire danger than previously suspected.

Republican Senator Tim Sheehy of Montana and Democratic ... Service to coordinate fire response across federal and state institutions. The Senators called the current system “unnecessarily ...

Published in the February 1, 2025 edition. After staring at my bookshelves for the past month, I have finally decided which three books I want to reread in 2025. Each new year I try to revisit a new ...

A union representing federal workers accused the Trump administration of laying off employees in order to "pay for tax cuts ...

Fewer wildfires burn in North American forests today than in previous centuries, increasing the risk of more severe wildfires ...

MISSOULA — Thousands of U.S. Forest Service (USFS) employees are losing their jobs — including 360 workers in Montana. The ...

Sheehy’s bill, if passed and signed into law, would require the Departments of Agriculture and the Interior to come up with a plan within 180 days to coordinate federal firefighting ...

Deschutes County won’t join others that have asked the state to walk back its map assigning a wildfire hazard level to every ...

A full house of worried Deschutes County residents showed up Wednesday as county commissioners discussed the state’s recently ...

Southern California Edison’s equipment ignited nearly 60% more fires in 2024 than in the previous year, mainly tiny ones that were quickly extinguished, as the utility battled to prevent ...

With record-breaking fire seasons devastating communities across Montana and the West, the search for factors driving the increase in large, destructive fires becomes more urgent. Studies show that fi ...