HELENA (AP) – The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved disaster assistance for three large western Montana wildfires. FEMA funding is available to pay 75 percent...
SEELEY LAKE, Mont. (AP) – Some evacuation orders have been lifted in areas near Montana wildfires but many were still burning Wednesday and officials said residents...
BILLINGS (AP) – Nearly all of Montana is experiencing drought or trending toward drought, fueling wildfires and costing farmers millions of dollars. The Billings Gazette reports...
By Hayden Zelson Explore Big Sky Editorial Assistant On some afternoons this August, mushroom clouds of smoke have dominated the skylines around southwest Montana. With late...
By Maria Wyllie explorebigsky.com Editorial Assistant The outlook for the 2013 fire season is severe across much of the western U.S., including almost all of Arizona,...