Overall, Montana has so far experienced a well below-normal wildfire season, at least in terms of acreage burned. Over the past 20 years, wildfires burned an average of about 395,000 acres annually in Montana. As of Wednesday, the state Department of Natural Resources and Conservation reported that 114,324 acres had burned in Montana this season.
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The determination allows the Forest Service to skip a step of the project’s public approval process: soliciting and responding to formal objections before the project is finally approved and implemented.
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Light rain and cool temperatures through midweek were expected to reduce fire spread, but drier, warmer conditions toward the weekend could foment an increase in fire activity.