It's big business in the Western states. The national center for coordination of equipment and crews is located in Boise. Bus-loads and airplane loads of firefighters are transported all over the country as needs be. Firefighters from Australia and New Zealand are brought in when USA crews are spread too thin. USA crews are traded back there when needed. Civilian and military aircraft from C47's (DC3's), to four engine jets to Skiorsky (sp) Sky Crane helicopters are used to spread retardant. Local restaurants set up assembly lines to make up bag lunches for the crews. Federal and state firetrucks, fuelers and earth-movers of all sorts get in the act. Due to restrictive regulations and the boom/bust nature of mining and logging, unemployment runs high in most of the western small towns. People there count on fire season for their economic survival. Great pains are taken to prevent loss of life fighting wild-fires and the goal of most firefighting efforts is not to put the fire out, but to let it burn while keeping it as small as possible - containment. It's a good policy and it insures plenty of work for the people who need it. The national news rarely differentiates range-land fires from forest fires. The really huge ones (the burn from last years "Soda" fire can be seen from space) are usually range land fires and the invasive pox of cheat grass is the culprit.
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Today's Featured Article - Museum Coverage: The Stuttgart Agricultural Museum - by Cindy Ladage. While cold wind was blowing back in Illinois, in Arkansas, daffodils were in bloom, and the Magnolia trees were adorned with fragrant blossoms. Stuttgart, Arkansas was the site of this year's winter Minneapolis Moline Collector's show February 25-27, 1999. The show was held at the Oliver Museum created by Don Oliver, the pioneer of the four wheel drive tractor. Oliver along with Gale Stroh and Kenneth Bull using Minneapolis Moline tractors and parts created what has become known as
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