pine creek fire

The massive Pine Creek fire this past summer (2012) that burned over 8000 acres and 5 homes, has officially been determined to be started by the spark from of an excavator. The excavator operator scratched a large rock while digging a hole, igniting a spark and lighting the quick moving fire...

John Mayer has organized a benefit concert to help local firefighters who battled last summer's devastating Pine Creek fire that destroyed more than 8500 acres of forest and farmland in and around Livingston. John Mayer, Zac Brown Band and other special guests will perform at the Emerson Theater in Bozeman on Wednesday, January 16th. Tickets go on sale soon, details here:

They have saved some very dear places and spaces to the community with their excellent work. They have been working to contain this massive fire in a valley that is windy and dry. We are all grateful to them for their work and its always good to find a way to send thanks...

Check out this quick time lapse video of the fire in the Absaroka Mountains south of Livingston. It shows the wildfire's heightened intensity with time.