Hi-Line Wildfire Education set in Glasgow

Staff report

The federal Bureau of Land Management is teaming up with other agencies to offer a day of education about wildfires in Glasgow April 8.

“With a little warm weather, our countryside will certainly green up and some of that vegetation will become potential wildfire fuel later this summer and fall,” said Karly DeMars, a BLM fire mitigation and education specialist and chair of the event. “If this wildfire education day helps prevent one fire or helps one person stay safe around a fire, the effort will have been a huge success.”

The day is split into two sessions, with a morning session exclusive to sixth- through eighth-grade students from Valley and Roosevelt counties, with the afternoon session, running 2-4 p.m., will include booth presentations and a demonstration of fire behavior at 3 p.m.

The press release announcing the event says everyone is encouraged to attend the afternoon session to learn about wildland fires and all they encompass.

The HiLine Wildfire Education Day is sponsored by the Bureau of Land Management in conjunction with firefighters and managers from city of Glasgow; Valley County Fire Wardens; Long Run Volunteer Fire Department; Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation; Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; National Weather Service; and U.S. Border Patrol.

For more information, people can call Jody Mason at the BLM’s Glasgow Field Office at 406-228-3761 or Karly DeMars at 406-538-1991.