Governor Greg Gianforte and Senator Steve Daines were in Missoula on Wednesday to honor wildland firefighters from the DNRC, U.S. Forest Service and the Montana National Guard as they provided an update on the long, hot fire season.
Governor Greg Gianforte met with fire, weather and other officials in his conference room on Wednesday to receive a briefing on the upcoming fire season for Montana.
Crews from Missoula Rural Fire and the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation were called out to a grass fire near the tree line up Pattee Canyon early Thursday afternoon.
In southeastern Montana there have been far fewer wildfires than in the western half of the state, thanks to a unique partnership between the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation and local and volunteer firefighting agencies.