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Special Newspaper Section

Whether you’re interested in peculiar pictures of projects that seemed like a good idea at the time or you’re interested in practical projects now underway at MTDC, you will enjoy this special newspaper section.

The issue includes articles on a camera box that allows video footage to be shot inside a fire and on a safety container for storing and transporting bear spray (used to repel bears). In addition, the issue contains background information on the Forest Service’s Technology and Development Program and MTDC’s role in the program.

Articles include:

• Camera Cooler’s Job is no Picnic
• Born of Fire: Forest-Service Technology and Development
• The Early Days
• Problems Solved by the Missoula Technology and Development Center
• Simple Solution Stops Pepper Spray
• Patenting Successful Products
• Contracts Save Big Bucks
• New Building Conserves Resources and Displays Technology

These articles are available on the Internet at: /cgi-bin/enter.pl?link=pubs/htmlpubs/htm02712818/toc.htm

Printed copies of Missoula Technology and Development Center: Shaping Solutions for the Forest Service (0271-2818-MTDC) are available from Jody Faircloth, MTDC publications (phone: 406–329–3978, fax: 406–329–3719, e-mail: jfaircloth@fs.fed.us).

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