A member of the Missoula Fire Department works to put out the remnants of a grass fire in Missoula, Mont., on Aug. 14, 2017. The fire burned two acres before being extinguished and was caused by human activity, according to the Missoula Fire Department.
President Donald Trump arrives for a rally on Nov. 3, 2018 at the Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport in Belgrade, Mont. Trump visited Montana to campaign on behalf of state Auditor Matt Rosendale, who looked to unseat two-term incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester.
University of Montana students take a socially distanced final exam in their Introduction to Natural Chemistry class on Nov. 23, 2020, in Missoula, Mont. The students took the exam in Dahlberg Arena, UM’s basketball facility, in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
University of Montana associate professor Brent Ruby works from a log cabin in his backyard on Apr. 20, 2020, in Missoula, Mont. Ruby and most of the University of Montana faculty and staff were forced to work remotely as the COVID-19 pandemic raged around the world.
Rebecca Velde's two-story home in West Riverside, Mont., burns on Aug. 10, 2018. The home was declared a total loss after firefighters worked in triple-digit temperatures to extinguish the blaze.
Republican U.S. Rep. and Montana gubernatorial candidate Greg Gianforte raises his fist after the Montana governor's race was called in his favor at his election party in Bozeman, Mont., on Nov. 3, 2020. The former congressman was convicted of assaulting Guardian journalist Ben Jacobs in 2018 on the eve of Montana's special election.
American Legion Commander John Angwin looks on as he sets an American flag on fire during the annual retirement ceremony hosted by Missoula American Legion Hellgate Post 27 near Lindborg-Cregg Field on Friday, June 14, 2019 in Missoula, Mont. The American Legion post and the Missoula United Veterans Council retired over 380 flags by burning them in steel barrels.
Dr. Jane Goodall, 88, prepares to speak on the University of Montana campus in Missoula, Mont., on June 26, 2022.
Kids rush onto Loyola Sacred Heart High School's Rollin Field in Missoula, Mont. during the 17th annual Easter Eggstravaganza on April 15, 2017. Hundreds of kids cleared the field in about five minutes.
Members of the Missoula County Search and Rescue approach the boat ramp near Ogren Park after pulling a boy from the Clark Fork River on June 18, 2019, in Missoula, Mont. The teenager, who was being sought by police, jumped in the river, according to law enforcement. The 16-year-old boy from Sanders County was pronounced dead after being taken to a local hospital.
Patsy Seery walks out of her garage to feed a plump of hungry ducks that gathered on her driveway off Patty Creek Drive on Oct. 8, 2019 in Missoula, Mont. "I don't know how it got started, I really don't, but they come every day," she said of the flock of nearly 30 ducks. Seery's daughter and son-in-law recently dropped off two bags of corn for her to feed the group through the beginning of winter. Then,she will have to buy more. "Well I love them. They're kind of entertainment for me," she said before closing the garage as a pair of ducks waddled out from behind her Cadillac.
Tony Moss, left, dressed as Mario from the popular Nintendo game “Mario Kart” challenges sophomore Sav Chavez to a race while taking a break from mowing on Sept. 7, 2022 in Missoula, Mont.
Flood waters from Seeley Lake surround homes near C Street off of Boy Scout Road on May 8, 2018, in Seeley Lake, Mont. Flood waters reached a critical state in Missoula County in spring of 2018.
University of Montana fire science students and faculty worked together with local and federal partners to set the first prescribed burn on UM's Bandy Ranch near Ovando, Mont., on April 17, 2021.
Mark Stermitz looks out over the remains of his home in Lolo, Montana, on Sept. 14, 2017. Stermitz and his wife lived in the home for seven years before it burned in the Lolo Peak fire in August of 2017.
Jace Mannix kisses his sister Lane's casket during her funeral at the Christian Life Center in Missoula, Mont., on June 22, 2019. Lane, 18, was killed in a head-on collision with a semi-truck on Highway 141 near Helena, Mont., days after her high school graduation.
Bystanders comfort each other as one of the victims of a house fire is cared for in an ambulance after Muskegon Fire Department officials responded to a house fire on the 200 block of Orchard Avenue in Muskegon, Mich., on Feb. 6, 2015. Muskegon area firefighters rescued two victims that were trapped in the home upon arrival to the scene. The victims were both taken to the hospital, according to Muskegon Fire Department Battalion Chief Brad Vanderberg. An 83-year-old woman died as a result of the fire.
A pair of horses walk under a rainbow in their pasture near Ronan, Mont., on June 3, 2022.
The Flaming Lips' frontman Wayne Coyne gestures to the sky in his signature man-sized plastic bubble during a show at the KettleHouse Amphitheater in June of 2018 in Missoula, Mont.
Laramie County firefighters respond to a large structure fire near Cheyenne, Wyo., on Aug. 13, 2015. Wyoming Air National Guard was first on scene and the home was declared a total loss.