There was a controlled burn in the Rattlesnake area on Tuesday, and residents in the area and on the north side reported air quality concerns reminiscent of last summer’s wildfires.
After the sudden resignation of U.S. Forest Service Chief Tony Tooke on Wednesday, Montana Senator Steve Daines called for a hearing on combating sexual harassment within the agency.
Early this week, Missoula Judge Dana Christensen ruled that the U.S. Forest Service has the authority to exclude snowmobiles from areas recommended for wilderness.
The National Museum of Forest Service History has been invited to participate in the Footsteps of Norman Maclean Festival that is taking place September 8-10.
The Mineral County Sheriff's Office is notifying residents of Cougar Gulch that they are now under a Stage Three mandatory evacuation due to the rapidly increasing size of the Sunrise Fire.
Missoula has seen the untimely deaths of two wildland firefighters in just the past two weeks, and when a member of that Forest Service family falls in the line of duty, the U.S. Forest Service Honor Guard steps up to serve.
The Missoula County Sheriff and Coroner TJ McDermott is releasing the name of the firefighter who died Wednesday afternoon working on the Lolo Peak Fire as Brent M. Witham, 29, of Mentone, California.
Leigh Golding, information officer with the Lolo Peak Fire, reported at about 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday that a firefighter had been injured while working on the fire.
19 year-old Trenton Johnson of Missoula was identified at the victim of Wednesday's firefighting accident after the top of a burning tree snapped off and caused a fatal injury when it struck him.
The National Museum of Forest Service History will open its doors on Thursday at 10:00 a.m.in Missoula at its new home a mile west of the airport on U.S. Highway 10 West.