Reservation Wildfires Growing More Intense
As wildfire intensity ramps up, four employees and one BIA fire engine coordinate with local volunteer fire departments to protect the Fort Peck Reservation of more than two million acres.
The Green fire on Thursday, Aug. 1, burned 12 acres of heavy downed cottonwoods and pines along the Missouri River four miles southwest of Wolf Point. A riverside party left an unattended campfire Wednesday