by Web Editor | Sep 6, 2013 | News, News/PR
Most of the forest burned in the Lolo Creek Complex fire belonged to Plum Creek Timber Co., which hopes to recover what it can of the blackened trees this fall. “Of the almost 11,000 acres involved, we have just over 7,000 acres within the boundary of that fire,” Plum...
by Web Editor | Nov 9, 2012 | News, News/PR
One season-ending event is another season-starting crisis, as Montana wildland firefighters and incident commanders leave the West’s forests for East Coast storm duty. “Sawyer teams are in high demand,” U.S. Forest Service spokesman Phil Salmon said of the communities...