fire season

Montana’s dry winter and low snowpack could set the stage for a historic 2026 wildfire season. Learn how to stay safe.

With nearly 300 wildfires reported, the grassfire near Browning stands out—not just for its size but for the haze it's casting over our communities.

Montana's lack of snowfall and our dangerously low snowpack levels are becoming the stuff of fire season nightmares. As the winter weeks go by, our 'percentages of normal' keep ticking lower - and that's not good news for this summer.

Over 60% of the wildfires in Montana are human-caused. We can do better. Here are some things that you can do to help prevent wildfires in Montana.

We always think that we know much better than nature and it exacerbates the problem.

Do you remember how bad the fire season was that year?

Human-caused fires still are happening.

In the summer of 1985, I applied to be both a firefighter and/or a bus driver to haul the firefighters from fire to fire.