Anne James

The Alice Creek Fire gained nearly 1,000 acres yesterday, mostly in the Tom’s Gulch/Silver Lake area. It is now 23,427 acres and 0% contained.
AUGUSTA, MT – Fire behavior is expected to increase today as a result of having nearly no moisture in the air and high temperatures...

Thick smoke persists over the fire area. The advantage of the oppressive smoke is the dampening effect it has had on the Sprague and Adair Peak fire behavior which has allowed firefighters a window to work on putting structure protection in place...

MISSOULA – When the nation paused Aug. 21 to observe the spectacle of a total solar eclipse turning day to night across the middle of the country, research teams from Montana were busy gathering some of the best data resulting from the event...

Firefighters working the night shift reported smoke and a calmer fire. Fire Managers, residents, and Park visitors are experiencing the pros and cons of smoke. Air quality is very poor and is limiting the ability to use aircraft again today...

Due to the current fires burning in the Lewis and Clark National Forest and the Strawberry Creek area, Pondera County has closed the Swift Dam Campground and the Swift Dam trailhead until further notice.
The Crucifixion Creek fire, now estimated at 8191 acres, continues to work north along the east s…

Paddler registration deferred to 2018 race.
September 7, 2017, Kalispell, Mont. – Unhealthy air conditions caused by forest fire smoke have forced the cancellation of this year’s Montana Dragon Boat Festival. The sixth annual festival was to be held September 9 – 10 in the Northwest Montana community…

The Going-to-the-Sun Road remains  open from St. Marys to Logan Pass.
 WEST GLACIER, MT. – Fire status in Glacier National Park continues to evolve as the season progresses. This is a summary update of current visitor services, fire related closures, and a brief snapshot of each fire.…

Public meeting tonight at 7:00 pm at the Glacier Park Headquarters Community Building.
Heavy localized smoke is causing a reduction in fire behavior.  Fire Managers, residents, and Park visitors are experiencing the pros and cons of smoke...

MISSOULA – In 2014, University of Montana doctoral candidate Will Deacy left Missoula for Alaska’s Kodiak Island. As in years past, he was studying how bears in the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge “surf the red salmon wave” – moving from stream…

The Sprague Fire grew to 13,343 acres over the Labor Day Weekend. Fire is now established in the Walton drainage to the south of Lincoln Lake Trail. Heavy smoke is causing a reduction in fire behavior which has allowed firefighters more suppression opportunities...

(HAVRE) - County, state, and federal firefighters as well as volunteer firefighters have contained the majority of the East Fork Fire in the Bears Paw Mountains south of Havre.
The fire is estimated at 21,500 acres as of this morning, with 70% containment...

AUGUSTA, MT – Calm, favorable wind and cooler weather overnight allowed firefighters working the night shift to make progress on the Alice Creek Fire near Lincoln. They've been using bulldozers and burnouts to constrict a containment line along North Fork of Green Creek Road to stop the f…