Idaho Statesman’s view: Politicians blow smoke when talking wildfires This editorial is about the giant Murphy range fire of 2007 and the attempt by leading Idaho politicians to say it was so hard to control because too much native vegetation had been uneaten by cows. A recent report by the BLM and other government agencies…
All last summer Montana’s air was filthy from forest fires in Idaho. This year has been much better, but enough fires have now been started by lightning in central Idaho and central Oregon that Montana is getting pretty hazy. Smoke from wildfires turns air ‘unhealthy’ in region. By MICHAEL JAMISON of the Missoulian You can…
Seems pretty intuitive to me : Report: Climate change to fuel wildfires in West – SignOnSanDiego.com
Wildfires strengthen. By Cory Hatch, Jackson Hole News and Guide. Although the unusually early California wildfires have cast a pall over much of Nevada and Idaho for a month, the wildlfire season in the interior is finally underway.
California wildfires bring haze to region. By Chelsi Moy of the Missoulian It looked like this might be the first summer in quite a while that Idaho, Utah, and Montana skies would not be filled with forest fire smoke, then an unusual lightning storm hit California setting hundreds of fires; most still burning. One day…
Idaho Fires lead to higher avalanche danger. KTVB 7. Much of the vast area burned is steep and turns into avalanche country when the trees are removed, even partially. The same will be true in parts of Montana where there were many fires. Right now snow pack is generally low. Avalanche center current reports. Sawtooth…
The increasing cost of wildfires and their decimation of the Forest Service’s budget for other things is raising more and more controversy. The Salt Lake Tribune has a story on it. Wildfires: Should taxpayers pay for those who build mansions in ‘the stupid zone’?By Patty Henetz. The Salt Lake Tribune
Idaho, Montana account for nearly two-thirds of major wildfires. Disaster News Network. I do think things are calming down, however, and I am taking off for a while to visit central Idaho. Returned on September 16. The wildfires did cool a bit, although there were a couple big runs in Montana. McCall, Cascade, and Riggins,…
Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University. He was a Western Watersheds Project Board Member off and on for many years, and was also its President for several years. For a long time he produced Ralph Maughan’s Wolf Report. He was a founder of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. He and Jackie Johnson Maughan wrote three editions of “Hiking Idaho.” He also wrote “Beyond the Tetons” and “Backpacking Wyoming’s Teton and Washakie Wilderness.” He created and is the administrator of The Wildlife News.