With multiple fires currently burning across the state of Idaho, travel to the northern portion of the state could pose some risks for those with plans to travel in the coming days. Idaho has close to a dozen active fires.
The U.S. National Weather Service in has issued a Red Flag Warning for all of the southern portion of Idaho including most of Nevada, eastern Oregon and the western half of Utah.
BLM Twin Falls District Fire Management Safety and Training Officer Clay Stephens hailed back to his roots when he accepted a 30-day fire assignment in Australia
Computer software that developed at Idaho State University to aid in post-wildfire recovery efforts is now being used by some fire managers during active fires.
High winds on Sunday forced fire officials to initiate voluntary evacuations in an area of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest south of Owyhee, where a large forest fire is burning.
With so many fires burning in the West, it’s a good time to evaluate our interaction with the outdoors and realize that fires can start by means we might not usually consider – our vehicles.