ND GRASSFIRES DOWN THIS SPRING

Heavy rainfall so far this spring has kept the number of North Dakota grasslands fires down. ...  More »

Heavy rainfall so far this spring has kept the number of North Dakota grasslands fires down. Geremy Olson is the fire planning specialist for the North Dakota Forest Service and says 91 fires have been reported to his agency so far, compared with more than 250 last year at this time. Olson says volunteer firefighters have been able to spend more time on training. Last year's fire season was one of the worst on record for the state, with more than 870 grassland fires and 53-thousand-600 acres of scorched grassland.  « Less