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Ke County and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes adopted Stage 2 fire restrictions and Flathead County commissioners declared a state of emergency Tuesday in the midst of a host of wildfires that have burned more than 20,000 acres of land in the area in recent days.

Fishermen have been expecting the hoot owl fishing restrictions with this intense heat, but now there are also closures on the Clark Fork River.

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Smoke came primarily from a swath of fires burning locally in western Montana and Idaho.

UPDATE, AUG. 2:

Requested by the governor last week, the move frees up federal emergency loans assistance for farmers impacted by the drought.

It wasn’t even August when Montana’s world-famous trout streams began to shut down due to low flows and high water temperatures — so high they severely stress or kill fish

The Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribal Division of Fire is battling several spreading wildfires in the Mission Valley area. Officials welcomes the

Wildfires sparked by a Sunday lightning storm expanded across the Flathead Indian Reservation. Extreme fire activity was observed Sunday with high gusting winds up to 35mph.

Resources are responding to five fires.