Missoulian15h
USFS layoffs: Montana wildfire fighting capacity eroded as red-card workers are fired
About 75% of the fired Forest Service workers held red cards. That means the agency lost some 2,550 wildland firefighters ...
Fire lab scientist says we're still not doing enough to prevent massive wildfires: "We're definitely part of the problem"
Mark Finney studies the science behind wildfires for a living. He believes we're not heeding lessons of the past.
Bozeman Daily Chronicle9h
'How are we going to do this?' Wildland firefighting in doubt after Forest Service firings
About 75% of the fired Forest Service workers held red cards. That means the agency lost some 2,550 wildland firefighters overnight — a 20% increase over primary firefighters, erased.
Montana Free Press1d
Bitterroot National Forest hits brakes on thinning, prescribed burning project
The Bitterroot National Forest is hitting the brakes on a 4-year-old proposal to use thinning and prescribed burning to ...
Yahoo10d
Forest fire burning in Harmon Den area of Haywood County
Mar. 3—The same day I-40 reopened to traffic, a forest fire broke out in the Pigeon Gorge — burning around 50 acres in the first 24 hours. The forest fire is located in the vicinity of Harmon ...
Independent Record13d
Montana labor department hosting help session for fired federal workers on March 12
Laid-off federal employees can get help applying for unemployment benefits, searching for jobs, getting input on their resume ...