Grassroots organizations fill the gaps in wildfire mitigation
A volunteer with Fire Safe Flathead sweeps pine needles off the roof of a property in Lakeside to reduce wildfire risk on Wednesday, May 20. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
A volunteer with Fire Safe Flathead clean up a property in Lakeside to reduce wildfire risk on Wednesday, May 20. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
A volunteer with Fire Safe Flathead trims a tree at property in Lakeside to reduce wildfire risk on Wednesday, May 20. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
Volunteers with Fire Safe Flathead clean up a property in Lakeside to reduce wildfire risk on Wednesday, May 20. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
On a blustery day in late May in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains, a group of volunteers was hard at work saving a house from wildfire.
They raked up piles of ponderosa pine needles, sawed low hanging limbs from trees and relocated old lumber. On that particular day, in the pouring rain and intermittent hail, fire season felt more like a hazy, distant memory, but these seemingly small actions could mean a difference between survival or destruction for the small house in Lakeside, Montana, as the heat of summer brings with it the threat of wildfires.
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