A Record-Warm Winter and Summer Heatwave Are Stoking Montana’s Wildfire Risk
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As the changing climate warms the state, thins its snowpack and changes the timing of precipitation, it’s also scrambling the wildfire season. By Mosabber Hossain Just weeks ago, western Montana appeared to have escaped the early wildfires that forecasters feared after one of the warmest and driest winters on record, as heavy rains in late […]