Drought Remains And Will Worsen Summer Fires
The numbers are clear: no matter recent rains, continuing drought is making our fires grow quicker on the Fort Peck Reservation. The solution is using EVERY opportunity to reduce unwanted fires, if it rained the last few weeks or not.
For 2021 as of May 21, 35 human- caused fires burned 1,143 acres on the Fort Peck Reservation. One April fire burned 849 acres burned. About half the last 20 years,

