2, Big Sky So the record harvests have been a bonanza for the state’s economy. There’s hope in the sense that the Maine lobster industry knows how to protect its catch and conserve the environment, which has made a difference. Laura Harper farms the 34 acres of pecan trees in the Mesilla Valley of southern New Mexico that her late mother, Sally, established as one of the region’s first organic orchards. Meanwhile, the Elephant Butte Irrigation District is trying to capture as much stormwater as possible during intense rainstorms and channel it into the river system. Sixteen fires are burning in Montana, for a total of 49,254 acres. Last year, a team of scientists warned that if uncontrolled greenhouse gas emissions continue, the Gulf of Maine will keep warming, and the Maine lobster fishery will decline substantially from its current peak. In western Montana, there have been fewer of the frigid days — around minus-40 degrees Fahrenheit — that would kill off insect larvae. And forests that once provided a counterbalance to climate change are contributing to it, as carbon-rich trees suddenly burn, or die and slowly decompose. Beetles and drought have imperiled Montana’s forests so much that they no longer clean the air of carbon dioxide. To provide for his family, he couldn’t just fish like his father had. Montana's beautiful summers come with the increased incidence of wildfires. Not sure how, Replaces the Job Retention Scheme and will run for 6 months: 1 Nov. “So much so that … it crept up to become a small but noticeable source of emissions.”. There’s plenty of innovation underway throughout the valley and in pecan production, which has boomed in New Mexico, bringing in a record harvest of 92 million pounds and sales of $220 million in 2017. The Highway 37 Fire is a fire above Montana Highway 37 west of Libby, Montana at 48.422°N 115.474°W, near a Superfund site which is a former vermiculite mine. MDT doesn't often close roads, but when the safety of the traveling public is in question, traffic is detoured to an alternate route. 20, Helena Capital Not everyone agrees with this theory, or with Laura Hill’s concerns that climate change may threaten pecan farming in the valley. Corby Dickerson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service says issuing the warning gives a heads-up for those doing initial attack on wildfires. The fire and its smoke may be visible from Highway 191, but it is not threatening the road or any structures at this time. What’s more, many parts of New Bern experienced less flooding than Cantlow’s house did. That added heat is contributing to raging forest fires and bark beetle outbreaks, a combination that has devastated the state’s forests. Mangers are working on plans for fighting the fire if it moves closer to Highway 191. 1, Hellgate The elk adapt, but it’s not clear that the forests will. Multiple crews and helicopters have been working to contain the fires. Maybe, in a new climate regime, forests don’t grow back in the same way. Current Montana Fire Information. New flights show the fire at 393 acres, up  from around 340 acres yesterday, according to the fire's public information officer. Maine’s fisheries have gone from landing about 20 million pounds of lobster each year in the 1980s to nearly 120 million pounds this decade. His son Gabe has been on the job a decade. Seas at the coasts are nine inches higher. The lightning-caused Davis Fire had been burning northwest of Yaak since last month and was 25 percent contained before exploding late Friday. See current wildfires and wildfire perimeters in Montana on the Fire, Weather & Avalanche Center Wildfire Map. The Brownstone Fire in the Bob Marshall Wilderness was 1,415 acres as of Saturday evening. Reem Akkad, Matthew Callahan, Tim Meko, Ann Gerhart and Trish Wilson, Firenado footage by Cal Fire/California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection Home photos by Sharon Bryant. But as water temperatures have risen rapidly along the coast, there are fewer lobster to be found, prompting a shift to other species, like whelk. That really is wildfire smoke dimming the morning sun. Updated and corrected: 5:35 p.m., 07/30/18. "They were able to knock it down," says Hartwig. There’s stark evidence of the problem near the town of Truth or Consequences, about 100 miles north of the Mexican border. Lobster ranks among the most valuable fisheries in the United States, generating over half a billion dollars in revenue annually, most of it in Maine. Nobody knows how much warming the future holds — or when the world will come up with a solution that matches the scale, and speed, of climate change. But something is different about the drought this time, many climate scientists suspect. What Golden and his son have witnessed is part of a broader trend. A family of hunters explores what remains of Montana forests that have been decimated by fires and beetle infestations, both made worse by warming. Photo courtesy of InciWeb. The haul has exploded. But the state has had an extraordinary warming streak since about 1970, seeing the average annual temperature rise by more than 3 degrees Fahrenheit in just under 50 years. They will be looking for opportunities to engage the fire if it makes its way toward Highway 191 and private inholdings to the north. Frenchtown fire along with 9-mile Ranger district currently responding to vehicle caused wildfire near mile marker 71 on I-90. Flooding can be emotionally overwhelming and financially disastrous for families in hurricane-prone areas. A community meeting is scheduled for Monday August 6, at 7 p.m. at the Community Protestant Church on Electric Street in West Yellowstone. 13, Helena 7, Capital 4, Bigfork Gabe Lauderdale’s house survived. There appears to be a problem. Updated Sept. 26, 2019. By Justin Franz // Aug 11, 2018 With precious little water coming from the depleted reservoir in recent years, many of the farmers along the Rio Grande have had to rely so heavily on groundwater that Texas in 2013 sued New Mexico over the practice. Rising seas, caused by the melting of the planet’s ice and the swelling of the ocean as it warms, make any coastal flooding event worse, even on sunny days. Forecasters expect a weak El Nino to form this fall that will lead to a seasonably drier and warmer than average pattern in western and central Montana through August. The state’s lobster haul peaked at over 8 million pounds in 1999. In New Bern, N.C., Hurricane Florence brought historic flooding — and a warming climate probably made it worse. One day in September, it was running full, swelled by the release of water from the reservoir upstream. Preliminary research has shown that Florence was probably somewhat larger and dumped more rain than it would have if the same storm had arrived in a world without humans’ greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere. 41, Sentinel Normally, forests that died off would grow back and return to drawing carbon out of the atmosphere, providing what scientists call a “sink.”. Hartwig says it’s currently the only active fire in the Lolo National Forest. So there’s less snow and ice in the mountains, and, scientists theorize, the water that does run off is evaporating faster, because of those higher temperatures, and before the river reaches the southern farms. One reason is that an epidemic of bark beetles has been decimating forests. The damage is mounting from these fundamental changes, and Americans are affected by it. 8, Big Sky Four of these states’ forests have flipped in recent years to become carbon emitters — with Montana showing the biggest changes of all, according to the analysis, which measured the carbon content of only trees, not soil. Such fire behavior stood out in the deadly 2018 Carr and Camp Fires in California, among others. 3. It hasn’t exceeded 3 million since 2005. Although beetle outbreaks have happened before, scientists think rising temperatures have made them worse. The NWS says the potential for wildfire in much of western and central Montana will remain high through Friday. It is now 70 percent contained. Three fires are burning in Glacier National Park and one, the 2,600-acre Howe Ridge Fire, has received the most attention because it burned down several private and … The changes are especially acute in the West, where human-caused climate change is a significant factor in worsening wildfires, scientists at the University of Idaho and Columbia University in New York found.

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