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First Official Prediction for 2013 Fire Season Released, Likely Similar to 2012

Jon King — Fri, 03 May 2013 17:56:17 +0000

The first official fire forecast for 2013 has been released and if the predictions are accurate, the year will likely play out very similarly to 2012.

Montana's Fire Season Draws to a Close [AUDIO]

Peter Christian — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 20:29:07 +0000

Montana’s fire season will officially end at midnight tonight. Spokeswoman Paula Rosenthal Short says DNRC Director Mary Sexton and Forestry Division Administrator Bob Harrington have signed the proclamation effectively ending Montana’s wildfire season and rescinding fire restrictions for state and private classified forest lands across the state. However, fire restrictions still exist in some [...]

Volcano Eruption in Western Montana – Or is it Just Fire Season?

Joy Larson — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 02:40:16 +0000

Thanks to all the ash in the air it looks more like a volcano erupted than wildfire season in Western Montana.

Fire Season Hits Western Montana [AUDIO]

Peter Christian — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 22:05:00 +0000

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. The False Point fire burning in [...]