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More than 40 suspected arson fires. That over half of them were started in the last year of the spree suggests that this was only going to get worse.

The Plant Creek Fire burning in the Miller Creek drainage may have been started by individuals who were using the popular sport shooting area earlier this week.

Residents and officials rallied in support of staff members who were told they would lose their jobs.

Some of the best elk hunting in Montana is in the Elkhorn Mountains, so when a prescribed burn project to remove invasive plants in the area was opposed in court, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation fought back, and won.

Three orphaned male grizzly bear cubs are now in an animal rescue sanctuary after their mother was struck and killed near Lincoln.

Wildfire experts are saying the upcoming fire season will be ‘above normal’, meaning more than 300,000 acres burned, due to hotter, drier conditions through September.

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.