A first-in-the-state prescribed burn training aims to protect local forests

A first-in-the-state prescribed burn training aims to protect local forests

Fire fighters in traditional green pants and bright yellow shirts leaned on shovels and rakes while smoke lingered behind them in the Blackfoot Valley. Unlike what's expected later in the summer, and ever-increasingly earlier, the smoldering stumps weren't part of a forest fire - they were remnants of a prescribed burn, a tool a local natural resources nonprofit is implementing in a...