This is a good time of year to get prepared for summer fire season.

4/11 - mtavalanche.com/forecast

Note increasing danger of wet snow avalanches as the upper 6' of the snowpack gets slushy or you see rollerballs and small avalanches.

Wet avalanches will become likely and the danger will rise to CONSIDERABLE

📸Wet snow in Beehive. Z. Peterson

Forest Service researchers at Silas Little Experimental Forest are working to understand fire behavior and the impact on ecosystems and public safety.

Full video @ youtube.com/watch?v=sEO_8o…

Take a listen to a deep dive into the world of fire...communities, partnerships, tribes, research, science, and collaboration...Each play a role when it comes to living with fire.

Work done in the Fire Lab directly benefits managers on the ground to help make science backed decisions and strategies. Fire science has come a long way in the last 50 years!

4/10- mtavalanche.com/forecast

Wet snow avalanche danger will rise as the day warms and the sun breaks out. Move to cooler aspects or head home as this occurs.

MODERATE danger will rise to CONSIDERABLE for wet snow avalanches

📸Wet snow avalanches in the Centennials. Z. Bailey

Our #FireAdapted community and #Firewise tips continue with planting Firewise vegetation. Use plants or trees that grow well in your area or region; contact your local land management agency to find out about Firewise plants that grow well in your area!

To the moon & back! #DYK we sent, with NASA's help, “moon tree” seeds beyond the far side of the moon and USDA scientists are studying if space travel has impacted their ability to germinate or grow. Read more @ bit.ly/49vbWka

#FindYourPlaceInSpace #USDAScience

At elevations up to 12,000 ft. (conditions too harsh for most tress to survive), whitebark cones are one of the only food sources for high-elevation dwellers, like grizzlies. #EarthMonth

🌎 Holistic refor protects critical ecosystems. We need your help: support.nationalforests.org/give/574947#!/…

Strong wind will keep the possibility of triggering avalanches alive today. Wind is loading slopes at many elevations so be careful in gullies and near ridgelines where drifts can be thick.

The danger is rated MODERATE throughout our forecast area.

We offer more than three dozen conservation practices that can benefit monarchs while also improving grazing lands or boosting #soilhealth . Let's work together. bit.ly/3jLM3Zr #MonarchMonday

It's that time of year again across the Northern Region. Protect wildlife (and yourself) and #KnowBeforeYouGo on your next adventure!

Don't let today's eclipse overshadow an important message... #OnlyYou can prevent wildfires!

Nearly 9 out of 10 wildfires are caused by humans. Do your part—take the Smokey Bear pledge at SmokeyBear.com

And check out my eclipse toolkit: bit.ly/3VHoGAK

You could trigger a soft slab avalanche in the recent snow, while today's strong April sunshine will develop wet loose avalanches. Today is our last daily forecast for the season, and we will issue snowpack updates every Tuesday and Friday by 5:00 p.m. flatheadavalanche.org

April 8 Avalanche Forecast: mtavalanche.com/forecast
You can trigger avalanches that break within or below the snow that fell over the weekend. This afternoon avalanche danger will increase due to sunshine and temperatures above freezing making large wet snow avalanches likely.

#FridayFacts The CDA Nursery produces up to 20 million seedlings every year to replant publicly owned lands- even highway corridors- across the western U.S. It is one of just six nurseries in the nation operated by the U.S. Forest Service! fs.usda.gov/managing-land/…

Wildflowers are blooming in Montana!

📸 USDA photo by Preston Keres
📍 Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest

#Spring

Flathead National Forest Releases Signed Decision for Round Star Project dlvr.it/T54n63

The primary avalanche concern today is wet snow. Slab avalanches are less likely, but still worth keeping in mind. MODERATE danger across the advisory area.

mtavalanche.com/forecast

📷: Loose wet slides in Frazier Basin. GNFAC photo. 4/3/24

Wet snow avalanches will continue to be an problem today if you are traveling in mid and upper elevations. They can entrain significant amounts of snow and travel longer distances than expected.