A plume of smoke from a prescribed burn rises east of Whitefish Mountain Resort on Tuesday afternoon while a pair of people walk through a field off Denver Street in Whitefish. The Flathead National Forest conducted burns east of the resort as part of the Whitefish Municipal Watershed Fuel Reduction Project and was expected later in the day to conduct burns to the west of the resort as part of the Taylor Hellroaring Project. Both projects are aimed at reducing the risk and s…
October 5, 2021
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Prescribed fire on Big Mountain rescheduled for Thursday
If conditions align with air quality, the Tally Lake Ranger District will prescribe burn an area directly adjacent to the Whitefish Mountain Resort on Thursday, Oct. 20.
Prescribed burn planned Monday on Big Mountain
Smoke from a prescribed fire on Big Mountain will be highly visible from across the valley on Monday, Flathead Forest officials said.
Getting bureaucrats out of the way of forest management
Now that the blazes have burned out, Montana should reassess what it can do to reduce future wildfire risk.
Prescribed burns planned near Big Mountain today
Prescribed burns planned on Big Mountain today are expected to produce smoke that will be visible across the Flathead Valley, forest officials warned.