Rattlesnake Recreation Area

Firefighters are taking advantage of Montana’s unusually warm weather to ignite some controlled burns to reduce forest fuels. The goal is to prevent or minimize the impact of more destructive fires later in the summer.

A prescribed fire in Missoula’s Rattlesnake corridor is sending up plumes of smoke today.District Fire Manager Jesse Kurpius says the 44-acre fire is…

Updated 5:45 p.m., July 25.The two-day-old Beeskove Fire in the Rattlesnake National Recreation Area north of Missoula grew from less than an acre to…

The Beeskove Fire in the Rattlesnake Recreation area north of Missoula was mapped at 0.6 acres, with no new growth overnight. A Facebook post from the…

Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported the size of the fire. The fire was actually 0.5 acres when discovered, not 5 acres. A…

Bobcats are relatively common in patchy habitats all across the U.S., but we don’t see them often because they are crepuscular or nocturnal and well…

As temperatures cool, bears all over the state are venturing closer to humans in search of calories for the winter. One Missoula organization is helping…

A group of 25 college students from Iraq are in Montana, as part of a Young Leaders Exchange Program arranged by the U.S. State Department and the…

The latest on wildfires around western Montana.Last Update 4:25 p.m. 08/23/16Mandatory evacuation restrictions have been lifted for the area northwest of…