Prescribed burns in Montana felt in North Idaho
North Idaho has received ash and smoke from prescribed burns in Montana that were ignited Thursday. This aerial photo shows the Elk/Gem prescribed fire in the Cabinet Ranger District of the Kootenai National Forest. Burning objectives include improving the quality, quantity and distribution of forage for big game species; reducing the risk of uncharacteristic fire behavior in the event of wildfire; and reducing slash created in recent logging operations.
Photo by DUSTY PIERSON/Kootenai National Forest, Cabinet Ranger District
Smoke from the Elk/Gem prescribed fire in the Cabinet Ranger District of the Kootenai National Forest is seen from above Thursday.
The ash and wildfire smoke North Idaho experienced the past couple days is from prescribed burns in the Kootenai National Forest.
"As far as we can tell, what we were impacted by yesterday was all from Montana," Kary Maddox, public information officer with Idaho Panhandle National Forests, said Friday...
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