A collaborative group aiming to keep women in firefighting jobs has been halted by the Trump Administration.

Land management agencies across the state are starting on prescribed burning projects across western Montana. Prescribed fires reduce hazardous fuels and can be beneficial to forest ecosystems.

As summer heats up in Montana, so does wildfire season. This raises the question, does winter snowpack really correlate to the severity of the wildfire season? And what does a 'normal' fire season mean?

At Neptune Aviation, an aerial firefighting company based in Missoula, maintenance crews work throughout the winter to keep their fleet ready to deploy across the country.

With the core wildfire season in the rear view mirror, fire officials are taking stock of the summer’s activity. It was marked by intense heat, fast initial attacks on new starts, and a tragic reminder of the dangers associated with fighting fire.

Within the past few days firefighters have responded to three small wildfires in western Montana.

As wildfire seasons change, more people are exposed to more intense fires and more smoke. Public health researchers from across the West met last week to discuss how to prepare for a future with fire.

Homeowners in Montana are facing challenges to find– and pay for– insurance due to rising wildfire risk.

Firefighters jump out of planes or dig miles of line to try and stop a fire’s spread. Some do this while pregnant. For women in firefighting, balancing careers with the demands of motherhood can often force them out of the jobs they love. But a new group of women in fire is trying to change that.

Schools kept students inside for recess and athletics Monday as a thick blanket of smoke smothered western and central Montana. New research aims to better understand air quality inside schools.