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Overheard: Bird #11 to Bird #12 - "I'd migrate if I could just see through this smoke!" (KLYQ Photo)
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Sawtooth Fire Continues Movement to the West

The smoke will not leave.

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Some of the "thank you" cards for firefighters from Hamilton's Washington Elementary School. (Poncin NWIMT Photo)
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Sawtooth and Other Fires Expecting Weather Change

Humidity is expected to climb soon.

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The burned area around the Downing Mountain cell towers last week. (John Lehrman Photo)
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Sawtooth Fire – Thursday Morning September 20 Update

The Sawtooth Fire is most active to the west.

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A helicopter drops water on fire along Sawtooth Creek southwest of Hamilton. (Poncin's NRIMT1 Photo)
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Sawtooth Fire – Smoke Continues

Sawtooth Fire has reached 5,000 acres.

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A helicopter at work at the Sawtooth Fire. (Bitterroot National Forest Photo)
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Sawtooth Fire Meeting is Thursday

The 4,869 acre Sawtooth Fire west of Hamilton is now 35 percent contained, and much of that containment is on the important eastern edge of the blaze - which is nearest private property.

 

The fire has been spreading farther west into the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness. Fir

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Downing Mountain Lodge
The Downing Mountain Lodge escaped the flames. (Bitterroot National Forest Photo)
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Sawtooth Fire – Monday September 17 Update

The fire spread to the west Sunday.

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A new forest fire, the Bell Point fire, has been added to the Powell SBW Complex west of the Bitterroot Valley. (USFS Photo)
A new forest fire, the Bell Point fire, has been added to the Powell SBW Complex west of the Bitterroot Valley. (USFS Photo)
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Smoke and Fire Update – Monday September 3

It depends on where you are.

 

During the day Monday September 3, the Air Quality Monitor at the Ravalli County Courthouse in Hamilton registered hourly levels of “Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups” and even “Moderate” in the late afternoon. The

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photo courtesy of neuroticcamel/flickr.com
photo courtesy of neuroticcamel/flickr.com
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Mustang Fire Causes Closures in Bitterroot Forest [AUDIO]

The Bitterroot National Forest is implementing an “emergency area closure” on the West Fork Ranger District due to expected future fire behavior from the Mustang Fire burning on the Salmon-Challis National Forest in Idaho. The lightning caused fire has grown to more than 196,000 acres, some of which (approx. 3,000 acres) has burned on the Montana side of the divide on the Bitterroot NF.

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An orphaned black bear with burned paws. (Karen Dunlap-USFS Photo)
An orphaned black bear with burned paws. (Karen Dunlap-USFS Photo)
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"Boo Boo" Bear Found at Idaho Forest Fire

The Mustang Complex of forest fires has burned over 145,000 acres near the Salmon River, and has displaced many animals.

Saturday, a fisherman spotted a lone bear on a river trail near Corn Creek Boat Launch. The bear

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Stage One Fire Restrictions On The Way

Ravalli County is going to Stage One fire restrictions this Saturday 8/17.

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Forest Service Firefighter Anne Veseth. (Photo courtesy of Veseth family)
Forest Service Firefighter Anne Veseth. (Photo courtesy of Veseth family)
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Firefighter Killed In Idaho Forest Fire

The US Forest Service has identified a firefighter killed in an Idaho wildfire Sunday as Anne Veseth, age 20, a seasonal firefighter for the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest.

 

Veseth, as native of Moscow, Idaho and a sophomore at Lewis and Clark State College In Lewiston, was apparently struck by a falling tree or debris. The

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photo courtesy of iStockphotothinkstock.com
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Fire Season Hits Western Montana [AUDIO]

Lolo National Forest spokesman Boyd Hartwig says ‘Fire Season has come to Western Montana’, and he has two rapidly growing fires to prove it. The Butler Fire has doubled in size to over 80 acres in the last 24 hours as it burns a few miles from Frenchtown Pond.

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