Articles with the Tag: CSKT Division of Fire

News from CSKT Division of Fire FLATHEAD RESERVATION — Fall burning season is finally here. Burning is a great way to clear dead vegetation and clean up. Before you light your piles or grass this fall, take the necessary precautions to ensure your burn does not become the next wildfire.  Care...

News from CSKT Division of Fire ARLEE — The CSKT Division of Fire announced Sept. 21 that closures for the Jocko and St. Mary’s Roads have been lifted. The South Fork Primitive Area at the gate is still closed for the time being.  D.O.F. officials want to stress to the public that there...

FLATHEAD RESERVATION — Thousands of acres have burned in the wilderness since July, and the flames continue to smolder. As of Monday, Aug. 22, two main fires have kept firefighters busy on the reservation. The Crooks fire, near Arlee, is at 3,258 acres and is zero percent contained. The Boulder 2700...

FINLEY POINT — The Boulder 2700 fire is on its third week of burning and estimated to have reached 2,072 acres at 46 percent containment by Monday, Aug. 16, with 31 structures lost. Northern Rockies Incident Management Team division group supervisor Tyson Atkinson said there is still a “long w...

ARLEE — The lightning-caused Crooks fire has burned 1,130 acres in the wilderness area located 10 air miles east of Arlee since it started on July 21.  The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Division of Fire reported that the fire was 0 percent contained as of Monday, Aug. 16. The fire is burning...

POLSON — Wildfire crews increased fire containment this past week as they continued to grapple with the destructive Boulder 2700 Fire.  In a Monday morning update, fire officials with the Northern Rockies Type II Incident Management Team 4 reported that the 2,072 acre fire, burning eight miles ...

Firefighters working on the east shore of Flathead Lake thought they had the Boulder 2700 Fire in check as the sun set on Saturday afternoon. The fire started the night before — the cause is unknown but early indications are that it was started by humans — and throughout the day scooper planes hi...

Early Monday morning, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes handed over management of the Boulder 2700 fire, burning eight miles east of Polson, to a Northern Region Type 2 management team.  CT Camel, fire information officer for CSKT, said the team is geared up to handle major incidents and ca...

News from CSKT FLATHEAD RESERVATION ­— Hot, dry conditions and lack of precipitation forecasted have prompted wildland fire officials with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Division of Fire to raise the fire danger within the reservation to extreme, effective immediately.   E...

With fireworks crackling, temperatures in the 90s and a thunderstorm on the horizon, C.T. Camel, fire prevention specialist for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, was worried last week. It’s hard to believe the weekend delivered much relief.  While last Thursday’s thunderstorm b...