Firesafe Montana

County pitches biomass energy projects
Mar 3 - McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - John Harrington Independent Record, Helena, Mont. Lewis and Clark County officials are seeking $800,000 in federal money they say would support a trio of...  more

Caught between beetle, hard spot in economy
The Daily Sentinal, By Gary Harmon, Sunday, February 21, 2010 Beetles are battering Colorado’s forests, but the battle on the bugs also is bolstering the region’s lumber industry, at least for a w...  more

Taking action against pine beetles
By Kate Rusch Special to the Trail-Gazette Posted: 02/12/2010 12:01:50 PM MST The mountain pine beetle (MPB) is native to western North America. Except for a few days during the summer when ad...  more

Critics give Ravalli County officials earful on wildfire response plan
By JEFF SCHMERKER Ravalli Republic | Posted: Friday, February 19, 2010 3:30 am | HAMILTON - Critics of a proposed fire response plan packed a Ravalli County Commission meeting Wednesday to tell co...  more

Infrastructure Collapse In Montana
By: Jim Petersen, Co-founder and Executive Director, the non-profit Evergreen Foundation We've frequently used the phrase "infrastructure collapse" to describe the slow erosion of wood product man...  more

Agriculture secretary endorses Montana wilderness bill, logging mandate as 'pilot project'
Story Discussion By NICK GEVOCK Montana Standard | Posted: Sunday, March 7, 2010 5:30 am | DEER LODGE - The Obama administration could support the logging mandate in Montana Sen. Jon Tester's wilde...  more

Report: climate, not beetles, main cause of forest fires
By Dennis Webb Tuesday, March 2, 2010 A new report by four forest ecologists says climate rather than beetles is the main cause of forest fire risk, and that risk is best addressed by creating...  more

A Look Ahead: Wildfire preparedness
A Look Ahead:  Wildfire preparedness FireSafe Montana sponsors its third “Communities & Wildfire Conference" By: Crystal Hagerman Executive Director FireSafe Montana for Headwaters News...  more

Grant Writing Workshop in Great Falls
Grants Training in Great Falls, MT - April 5-6, 2010 The Great Falls Police Department and Grant Writing USA will present a two-day grant writing workshop in Great Falls, April 5-6, 2010. This tra...  more

Northern Rockies Coordinating Group - Prevention & Education Newsletter
Find out what great works have been going in the Northern Rockies.  The Northern Rockies Coordinating Group - Prevention and Education Committee has just released their Newletter.  Be sure to check th...  more

New Report Debunks Myth of "catastrophic Wildfire"
By Matthew Koehler, New West Unfiltered 2-03-10 There is no such thing as "catastrophic wildfire" in our forests, ecologically speaking. That is the central conclusion of a report released this we...  more

Biomass option still on the table for Flathead Electric
Flathead Electric Cooperative managers say they have long been exploring the potential for the development of a biomass cogeneration plant, but so far it has penciled out as the most expensive source...  more

Open and shut: Smurfit-Stone ordered to reveal its finances to potential buyers
By KEILA SZPALLER of the Missoulian | Posted: Friday, January 29, 2010 11:20 pm Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. employee Bruce Lockwood straps his hard hat to the fence in front of the plant Friday a...  more

Some Houses won't be saved: Ravalli County works on plan for fire season
By JEFF SCHMERKER Ravalli Republic | Posted: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 6:00 am | HAMILTON - This summer, when wildfires roar across Ravalli County, fire managers may well look at homes in the flam...  more

Ready, Set, Go! Saving Lives and Property During a Wildland Fire
IAFC On Scene: January 2010 The images on television are becoming all too familiar: neighborhoods on fire, frightened homeowners trying to pack their belongings amid swirling embers and firefight...  more

Prepare. Act. Survive. The Australian Approach to Revised Community Messaging
IAFC On Scene: January 2010 The tragic fires in Victoria, Australia, early in 2009, now known as the Black Saturday, resulted in 173 people being killed in one of the worst bushfires in Australian...  more

$20 million in federal money for forests
By EVE BYRON Independent Record | Posted: Saturday, January 16, 2010 12:00 am | Montana forests managers got a $20 million boost Friday from the federal government to address the mountain pine b...  more

Pine beetles infest 2.7M acres of Montana pine forests
By the Associated Press | Posted: Thursday, January 21, 2010 8:20 am | GREAT FALLS - The acreage of pine forest in Montana infested with the mountain pine beetle more than doubled in 2009, but a f...  more

FireSafe Montana Requesting Resumes for Executive Director Position
Employment Opportunities FireSafe Montana is seeking an Executive Director. This non-profit organization is dedicated to increasing wildfire preparedness in high-risk communities across Montana. F...  more

Fort Missoula museum pulls from collecions for exhaustive piture of tragic 1910 blaze
Fort Missoula museum pulls from collections for exhaustive picture of tragic 1910 blaze By AJ MAZZOLINI of the Missoulian | Posted: Saturday, January 23, 2010 7:15 am A button hook. A belt’s m...  more

2nd Human Dimensions of Wildland Fire Conference
2nd Human Dimensions of Wildland Fire Conference April 26-29, 2010 ~ Omni San Antonio Hotel at the Colonnade San Antonio, Texas Human behavior - at individual, group and organizational...  more

3rd Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference
3rd Fire Behavior and Fuels Conference, Spokane, Washington, October 25-29, 2010 Visit https://web.memberclicks.com/mc/quickForm/viewForm.do?orgId=inawf&formId=65 for more information....  more

Stoltze sees opportunity for biomass power plant
Sunday, January 24, 2010 2:00 am | Updated: . By JIM MANN/Daily Inter Lake | 0 comments The closure of the Smurfit-Stone container mill in Frenchtown has amplified the need and potential for a...  more

National Wildland Urban Interface Conference
28 - April 1, 2010 Reno NV Federal, state and local wildland fire personnel and resources have come together to provide: Operational best practices, innovations and procedures for preparedness an...  more

DNRC natural resource grant and loan programs accepting applications
DNRC natural resource grant and loan programs accepting applicationsFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 20, 2010  HELENA,Mont. – The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) is...  more

Curbing wilfires' cost
Western Perspective: Curbing wildfires' cost Ten ways to control the rising cost of fighting fires in the wildland-urban interface and to keep people safer By: Ray Rasker, Ph.D. Headwaters Eco...  more