BROADUS — Heading south on the Tongue River Road from Ashland, motorists roll along a dirt path that hugs the namesake waterway and cuts through pastures dotted with cows and horses.
Head south long enough, and the yellow and green pasture turns black; the fallout of the largest wildfire crews in Montana have responded to this year. While the Remington fire scorched cattle and infrastructure across three counties near the Wyoming border, bits of green were already starting to appear Thursday at the fire’s edge.
Hundreds of people had a stake in halting the Remington fire, which was likely sparked by lightning in northern Wyoming. Wind pushed those flames north and into public and private lands of Rosebud, Big Horn and Powder River counties. The damage was o…
