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2025 Press Releases

Abundant Lightning Brings New Wildfires to Northern Idaho

Release Date: September 2nd, 2025
Thunderstorms rolled through our region on Friday, August 29th, and overnight into the 30th, with abundant lightning and varying amounts of…

Lightning Creek Fire Exceeds Initial Attack Efforts

Release Date: August 2nd, 2025
Sandpoint, Idaho, 2 August, 2025— The Lightning Creek Fire was reported late Wednesday night, 30 July, up the Lightning Creek drainage…

Forest Service temporarily closes Bunco Road

Release Date: July 22nd, 2025
The Idaho Panhandle National Forests has temporarily closed the Bunco Road, a popular driving route east of Athol and Lake Pend Oreille, for public…

Nettleton Gulch Fire Closure Lifted

Release Date: July 8th, 2025
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, 8 July 2025— The Canfield Mountain Area Closure associated with the Nettleton Gulch Fire has been lifted. The Area Closure…
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