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The City of Helena next week begins a two-month long hazardous fuels reduction project.. That means portions of some local hiking trails will be temporarily closed.

The U.S. Forest Service is moving forward with a plan to roughly double the acreage for prescribed burns across the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest.

An evacuation order issued by the Ravalli County Sheriff due to a wildfire burning in the area has been rescinded. Evacuation warnings remain in place.

A "red flag" warning means dangerous wildfire conditions are happening or about to happen. The National Weather Service says it has an updated designation for exceptionally dangerous fire conditions.

Land managers are asking Montanans to be extra vigilant about fire safety heading into the long Independence Day weekend.

Fire crews are getting the upper hand on a stubborn wildfire that’s burned south of MacDonald Pass for the past couple of weeks. The Jericho Mountain fire is now listed as 89% contained.

The Lewis and Clark County Sheriff’s Office has issued an evacuation warning in response to a wildfire burning approximately 5 miles south of MacDonald Pass off Highway 12.

After a rash of federal job cuts earlier this year, the U.S. Forest Service is reversing course and asking people qualified to fight fires to come back to work. Missoulian outdoors reporter Sam Wilson sat down with MTPR’s Austin Amestoy with more.

One of the biggest wildfires in the American west right now is burning about 4 miles north of Plains in western Montana’s Sanders County.

The U.S. Forest Service will be allowed to use fire retardant this summer despite ongoing litigation; The head of Montana’s Department of Military Affairs is retiring.