Following last year's devastating Roaring Lion Fire, which destroyed 16 homes and cost millions of dollars to fight, the DNRC is encouraging homeowners to prepare their homes for wildfire season.
The western United States has been hit hard over the last decade by what are being called 'Mega Fires', and a public event to discuss the issue is planned for Missoula.
Mark Finney has become a bit of a media celebrity.
Finney, a research forester with the Rocky Mountain Research Station in Missoula, has recently been featured on '60 Minutes', the 'CBS Evening News', 'The Osgood File' and now, here on KGVO Radio in Missoula.
State Senator Jennifer Fielder, author of a guest commentary in the Wednesday, January 27 Missoulian, spoke with KGVO News following an officer-involved shooting in Burns, Oregon that killed spokesman Robert Finnicum representing protesters who had taken over a wildlife refuge.