wildfire

Gov. Greg Gianforte made decisions on four firefighting laws this week, signing two bills and vetoing two others.

Fires have already burned more than 38,000 acres in Arizona in 2025, more than double the amount burned by this time last year.

The chemicals found in some retardants can also be fatal to aquatic life and high concentrations of the metals can be toxic to humans.

Mike Garrity writes, "government agencies burning millions of acres of public lands throughout the year is continually poisoning the air in much of the West."

Missoula County on Tuesday signed an agreement with the Museum of Life and Sciences to conduct a heat monitoring campaign later this year.

Thousands of homeowners in Nevada have seen their insurance policies canceled or not-renewed due to wildfire risk, prompting state lawmakers to warn that “a crisis is brewing” and considering ways to combat it.

Deep cuts at the nation’s weather agency could put Arizonans at risk by hampering forecasts for haboobs, monsoon season rain storms, flash flooding and wildfires.

An annual wildfire briefing earlier this week between staffers for Southwestern members of Congress and Forest Service officials was unusual for two reasons, according to a congressional aide in attendance:

The Idaho Legislature’s Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee approved funding to fight wildfires and bonuses for wildland firefighters during a meeting Friday at the Idaho State Capitol in Boise.

Wildfire Response and Preparedness Act of 2025, would set a 30-minute limit, ‘to the extent practicable,’ for fire crews to respond to an incident.