One of North Dakota’s largest wildfires last year traces back to an overlooked danger: juniper trees growing around a power pole. When high winds toppled the pole, the damaged line ignited the overgrowth, sparking the Bear Den Fire that spread across 13,000[...]
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Feds takes next step in removing protections from 6.4 million acres of Montana’s national forests
The Trump administration is moving to roll back the 2001 Roadless Rule, a policy that has long protected nearly 60 million acres of national forest land from logging and road-building. Supporters, including Montana leaders, frame the repeal as overdue flexibility for forest[...]
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On This Day | Fire Comes From Above, Below, and Everywhere In-between on the Prairie
The blaze started during Tuesday night's electrical storm, and it is assumed that a bold of lighting hit the stack. [...]Read More... from On This Day | Fire Comes From Above, Below, and Everywhere In-between on the Prairie
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How the Rapid Spread of Misinformation Pushed Oregon Lawmakers to Kill the State’s Wildfire Risk Map
Oregon set out to lead the nation in wildfire preparedness with a statewide hazard map and new safety rules. Instead, poor communication and a storm of misinformation turned the effort into a political casualty. Opponents blamed the map for insurance hikes and[...]
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Wildfire smoke is like smoking ‘half a pack a day.’ Here’s how to protect yourself
As wildfire smoke from Canada drifts across the Midwest and Northeast, air quality alerts are becoming more frequent—and more serious. Breathing this smoke can be as harmful as smoking half a pack of cigarettes a day, especially for children, older adults, and[...]
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Two wildfire evacuations set to end, another begins in ongoing dry Prairie summer
After weeks—and in some cases, months—of smoke, evacuations, and uncertainty, some Prairie communities are finally seeing a glimmer of relief. Residents of Tataskweyak Cree Nation and Beauval are beginning their return home, grateful but cautious. Others, like those in Cormorant, are just[...]
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Smoke Moves In; Air Quality Alert Goes Out
BISMARCK, N.D. – The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality is actively monitoring Canadian wildfires, which are expected to affect air quality across the state in the coming days. Sensitive groups—such as people with lung disease (including asthma), heart disease, children, and[...]
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Canadian Prime Minister Carney to meet with Incident Response Group to discuss the wildfire situation
Canada’s wildfire season is once again forcing thousands from their homes, and today Prime Minister Mark Carney is calling together key leaders to confront the crisis. Communities in Manitoba and Saskatchewan are under evacuation orders for the second time this summer, while[...]
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New $6M fire hall opens in Killdeer, enhancing rural emergency response
Dunn County residents turned out last month to see their new West Dunn Fire Hall in Killdeer, a $6 million project completed under budget. The station includes larger garage bays, gear storage, office space, upgraded living quarters, and an indoor training area[...]
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Saskatchewan Roughriders’ game postponed due to smoke
Environment Canada issued an air quality warning Friday as pollution levels climbed into the 10+ range. Under CFL weather rules, games must be delayed if the air quality health index reaches eight or higher. Mosaic Stadium is prepared, with sensors on-site providing[...]
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On This Day | Scourge of the Prairie
When asking oldtimers for some outstanding event of the early days, almost without exception, a prairie fire is mentioned ... But large or small, they were feared by the settlers. [...]Read More... from On This Day | Scourge of the Prairie
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A Chicago Editorial the Plays in North Dakota: That hazy sky out there isn’t harmless
It felt like summer finally arrived in Chicago—sunshine, patios, lakefront strolls. But look a little closer, and something’s off. The haze isn’t just humidity; it’s smoke, drifting down from wildfires still burning across Canada. This week, Chicago briefly claimed the worst air[...]
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Where are the wildfires in Canada? Maps pinpoint the location of fires and air-quality threats from smoke
Wildfire season is off to an early and intense start in Canada—and its effects aren’t stopping at the border. Hundreds of fires are burning across central and western provinces, with smoke drifting south and degrading air quality in large parts of the[...]
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Manitoba declares provincial state of emergency as 17,000 flee fires in north, Flin Flon Evacuated
Manitoba is facing one of its most serious wildfire emergencies in recent memory. With more than 100 active fires—many burning out of control—the province has declared a state of emergency and begun evacuating thousands from northern communities, including Flin Flon. Dry conditions[...]
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Burlington monitoring underground fires
Fire crews near Burlington, North Dakota, are keeping a close watch on a rare and potentially dangerous situation. The Burlington Rural Fire Department reported signs of coal vein fires smoldering underground in the same area affected by Easter weekend fires. In a[...]
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Fire Danger is High Today!
Via the U.S. National Weather Service office in Bismarck: A Fire Weather Watch is in effect tomorrow, May 8th, for much of western and central North Dakota. With very dry and windy conditions anticipated, any fires that do ignite may spread rapidly[...]