(MALTA, Mont.) - Due to the rapidly-growing Pine Grove Fire (also called the Hays/Lodgepole Fire), the Bureau of Land Management’s Malta Field Office temporarily closed the Camp Creek Campground, located about 1 mile north of Zortman; and the Montana Gulch Campground, located about 1/2 mile west of Landusky.
The campgrounds will remain closed until fire management officials determine it is safe to reopen the area to the public.
The fire is currently under the supervision of a Type 3 Incident Command. Fire information updates are currently being posted on the Fort Belknap https://www.facebook.com/FORTBELKNAPCOUNCIL and Phillips County Sheriff’s Office https://www.facebook.com/PhillipsCountySheriffsOffice Facebook pages.
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
