By Little, Jane Braxton Timber-managed land is up for sale, and forest communities are scrambling to maintain pristine environments and their way of life.

A wildfire menacing Glacier National Park paused Wednesday, but uncooperative weather kept firefighters from making a full attack on the 14,200-acre blaze that has forced hundreds of people from their homes.

Firefighters have won the battle to stop a wildfire's advance on this gateway town to Glacier National Park, officials said Saturday. Some of the hundreds of people evacuated because of the fire will be able to return Sunday morning.

Firefighters started a defensive backfire Sunday in an effort to save buildings at Glacier National Park headquarters and more than 500 homes and summer cabins threatened by a 9,300-acre fire.

A trio of wildfires roared unchecked through parched timber and into Glacier National Park, parts of which stood deserted Friday after a mass evacuation described as "the flow of traffic like rush hour in a large city." Even headquarters was empty at what's widely considered one of the national park system's crown jewels.