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The wind-blown plume of the Canyon Creek Fire appears behind a band of sheep on the Lincoln Ranger District of the Helena National Forest in Montana.

imageID: 17847
Description: The wind-blown plume of the Canyon Creek Fire appears behind a band of sheep on the Lincoln Ranger District of the Helena National Forest in Montana.
Keywords: fire
Rocky Mountain Research Station Today
Photographer: D.W. Tippets
Original collection id: 4200
Collection: RMRS Archive Images
Quality: 3
Location: Helena National Forest; MT; United States
Date(yyyy): 1988
Comments: The scene looking north from outside Lincoln on the day of the first big blowup of the Canyon Creek Fire.
Citation: Use of this image is governed by Creative Commons CC BY. If you use the image, please include the following citation:

USDA Forest Service. 2007. Forest Service Research Image Library. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://www.fs.usda.gov/rds/imagedb


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