Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest

A Forest Service spokesperson describes the Haystack Fire as a late fourth-quarter push at a time when fire season is usually winding down. She says exhausted firefighters are now frequently responding to reports of abandoned campfires.

A nine square mile wildfire burning in the Beaverhead Deerlodge National Forest is estimated to be 75 percent contained as of Nov. 2.

Smoke from a massive wildfire in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest is visible across a large swath of southwest Montana.The Bear Creek Fire, just…

Yesterday’s hot, windy red flag weather spurred the McClusky Fire east of Butte to nearly triple in size.Fire team spokesperson Kristin Sleeper says…

HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana's forestry agency is working with federal, local and private organizations to increase logging on national forests to improve…

As Montana's fire season winds to a close, crews are closing-in on the handful of fires still burning across Western Montana.The Howe Ridge Fire, burning…

In Glacier National Park the Howe Ridge Fire is now estimated at more than 11,000 acres. Despite continued growth, though, fire managers say they’re…

A wildfire burning east of Medicine Lake in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest was discovered yesterday afternoon around 4 p.m. Forest officials…

The Helena-Lewis and Clark Forest lifted all fire related closures today. Several other national forests in Montana reduced fire restrictions or closures…

The Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest reports a new grass and brush fire was discovered this afternoon near Lima. It’s burning an estimated 400-500…