The Shared Stewardship Agreement applies to 200,000 acres in northwestern Montana, promising "aggressive" timber harvest and ...

Since the start of his administration, Gov. Greg Gianforte has consistently pushed for more active forest management, saying ...

Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Schultz and Montana Governor Greg Gianforte signed a historic Shared Stewardship Memorandum of ...

Tom Schultz will visit national forests as the administration advances a proposal to consolidate federal wildfire efforts ...

Helena has an ace up its sleeve when it comes to firefighting aircraft, a tanker base that can support the largest ...

Thousands of lightning strikes have hit Montana in the last week or so, resulting in several new, small wildfire starts.

An executive order signed earlier this month by President Donald Trump would look to “consolidate” five federal wildland fire ...

The federal government pledged to peel back protections on more than 1.1 million acres of forestland in Northwest Montana, ...

Proactive solutions to manage wildfires is critical. Sensing, robotics, drones and AI can provide fast and accurate response ...

After a rash of federal job cuts earlier this year, the U.S. Forest Service is reversing course and asking people qualified ...

When the state provides wildfire protection without charging fees commensurate with the expenses of protecting a property, the landowner receives a subsidy from the state," the audit said.