Early Missoula Years
There was a recruitment of new smokejumpers and there wasn't any shortage of applicants--nearly 100 who did not have fire-fighting experience applied. There were 16 applications from experienced fire fighters. The salary was $193.00 per month for two and one-half months. Seven were selected from the 16 on the basis of experience, without considering their physical condition. One later failed the…
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Missoula Smokejumper History
Early Aerial ReconNot long after the end of World War 1 in 1918, the Chief Forester for the U.S. Forest Service, Henry S. Graves, contacted the Chief of the Army Air Service--later known as the Army Air Corps--inquiring about the possibility of cooperating with the Forest Service for the purpose of providing aerial fire detection over some of the forests of the Western States.Col. Hap Arnold, who…
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Historic Documentation
Aerial Application of Fire Retardant Environmental Assessment Information Environmental Assessment (Includes Errata)Decision Notice/Finding of No Significant Impact Biological OpinionsNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)NMFS Reasonable and Prudent Alternative (RPA) Tracking SheetU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)USFWS Reasonable…