Fire Officials Say Idaho Has ‘Greater Potential’ for Significant Wildfire Season This Summer

Fire officials say Idaho has ‘greater potential’ for significant wildfire season this summer

Firefighters work along Idaho Highway 21 west of Stanley to fight the Wapiti Fire on Aug. 26, 2024. (Courtesy of U.S. Forest Service/Rocky Mountain Complex Incident Management Team 1)As hot, dry weather settles in, officials are predicting a greater than usual likelihood that Idaho will experience significant wildfires this summer. The Predictive Services Office at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise’s new forecast for June through Sep…

Fewer hands as agencies prep for North Idaho fire season - Northwest Public Broadcasting

A single engine air tanker drops fire retardant on the Too Kush 2 Fire in Kooskia, Idaho, in 2021. (Credit: Jim Wimer) Listen https://www.nwpb.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/WEB060925LP_FireOutlook_WRAP_mixdown.mp3(Runtime :58) Read This year, it’s hotter and drier across much of the Western United States, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Tall wild grasses that …

Fire Officials say Idaho has ‘Greater Potential’ for Significant Summer Wildfire Season

BOISE, ID – As hot, dry weather settles in, officials are predicting a greater than usual likelihood that Idaho will experience significant wildfires this summer. The Predictive Services Office at the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise’s new forecast for June through September shows an above normal potential for significant wildfire developing in northern Idaho this month. The above normal potential for significant wildfire then expands i…