Contained 🇺🇸 Montana

Bitterroot Creek Fire

2023 · MTNWS

Acres Burned

15

Containment

100%

Location

Montana

Year

2023

Structures

—

Casualties

—

Containment progress100%

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Final

100% contained at 15 acres. Recovery operations begin.

Nonstop Local News Montana

Bitterroot Front project approved to cut wildfire risk - Nonstop Local News Montana

Bitterroot Star

Local wildfire update as of 7/28/25 - Bitterroot Star

Big Bear Fire doubles in size over weekend, smoke reaches Bitterroot - NBC Montana

Missoula Current

Opponents: Wildfire highlights Bitterroot logging project flaws - Missoula Current

Fire activity increases on Lost Horse Fire in Bitterroot National Forest - KPAX News

Nonstop Local News Montana

Air quality in Missoula largely impacted by smoke from Bitterroot Valley wildfires - Nonstop Local News Montana

Montana Free Press

Bitterroot National Forest hits brakes on thinning, prescribed burning project - Montana Free Press

Lawsuit challenges logging, burning project planned in Bitterroot National Forest - Daily Montanan

Bitterroot Star

Fires surround Bitterroot, Bowles reaches 1,700 acres - Bitterroot Star

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