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Wildfire, fire management and air quality news for western Montana and the Northern Rockies.

Fireline Episode 01: Suppressed

Fireline Episode 01: Suppressed
Fireline Episode 01: Suppressed

When Lily Clarke arrived at the August Complex Fire, it was a fire of sensational size. The blaze eventually burned more than 1 million acres, becoming the largest recorded wildfire in California history. Across the country in 2020, flames charred an area nearly 5 times the size of Yellowstone National Park — the largest swath of land burned since reliable records began. Wildfires across the country are getting bigger, hotter and more devastating. But what’s all this fire really mean — for the west, for firefighters and for everyday folks? And what’s it really like to fight fire on the ground?

  • Lily Clarke fights wildfire for the US Forest Service and received her Master of Science in Systems Ecology from the University of Montana.
  • John Maclean is the author of 5 books about wildfire.

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