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Amy Cilimburg writes, "Our fire seasons are lengthening, and we’re breathing more pollution."

Idaho state fire officials have spent more than $20 million fighting wildfires so far this year, and conditions are expected to worsen as the fire season continues.

Dr. Brian Moench writes, "Most of the West’s perennial wildfire plague is due to human stupidity. But it’s not just the careless people who start the fires."

The Lolo National Forest announced that Missoula District Ranger Crystal Stonesifer has approved logging and prescribed burns on 87,000 acres of Forest Service land within the boundaries of the Wildfire Adapted Missoula project.

The U.S Wildland Fire Service – Great Basin is referring to the fire as the Claremont Fire. The fire has burned more than 2,000 acres, according to a Monday evening press release.

Wildland firefighters already get hazard pay while working on active fires, but they do not currently for prescribed burns or while training for aerial insertion into an incident.

California's insurers of last resort took a massive $1 billion hit in 2025. They want to pass the losses on to all customers — even those unlikely to be affected by wildfires or other natural disasters.

A union representing federal wildland firefighters is raising concerns about their safety and fatigue after an “explosive” first phase of the season resulting in the deaths of three firefighters in Colorado near the Utah border.

At more than 71,000 acres and zero containment, Cottonwood Fire is biggest of 36 large fires actively burning in the US, National Interagency Fire Center reports.

Wildfire-related home insurance cancellations and declinations — refusals to insure applicants — have skyrocketed in pockets of Nevada, and insurance regulators couldn’t give state lawmakers a solid explanation as to why.