“This fire season isn’t over with - and probably won’t be until the snow flies,” said Jamie Kirby, a Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation fire prevention specialist.
September 13, 2007
Montana: Flare-ups briefly close roads in Rock Creek area
For towns and ATV’s, unhappy trails
The problem has increased throughout the state, as ATVs have become more popular. The number of people using off-road recreational vehicles in the United States has grown tenfold since 1972, according to the US Forest Service.
Wolves push out coyotes in wilderness areas
Coyote densities are more than 30 percent lower in areas they share with wolves, according to a paper published in the most recent edition of the Journal of Animal Ecology. The results show that wolves limit the range and number of coyotes in an area.
Montana: Officials lift some closures in the Bob Marshall Wilderness
“There’s a cold front on schedule for (today) with north winds and cooler temperatures and higher humidities, possibly including some light rain or light snow at higher elevations,” he said. “We’re getting into fall weather.”
Utah: 3 year old boy missing in Wasatch-Cache National Forest is found
The boy disappeared around 8:30 a.m. and was lost for hours in a remote, rugged area of the Wasatch-Cache National Forest. It’s 60 to 70 miles east of Salt Lake City.
Colorado: Drought harming trees
The short answer is that they are suffering sudden aspen decline, and trees across Colorado are succumbing to it.
“It’s been progressive, but last year it became really noticeable,” Dave Dallison, timber program leader for the San Juan National Forest, said on Wednesday.