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Keith Vandervort ELY – U.S. Forest Service crews used the Ely Airport for a helicopter training session last Friday as the trainees learned and refreshed their skills in working with rotary aircraft while fighting wildfires in the North Country. Eric Holzem, USFS Helitack supervisor for District 9, including the Kawishiwi District, oversaw the training as eight students on the ground performed training drills in cargo transport via external load. “The skills are needed for transport into and out of remote sites for fire suppression, or building projects in areas that are hard to reach any...

Keith Vandervort BWCAW— Forest Service firefighters responded quickly last Wednesday to another fire in the Boundary Waters, the latest located about a mile southwest of Lake Two. The fire, believed to be sparked by a lightning strike, burned about an acre and a half before crews brought it under control. A “Fire Boss” floatplane and a helicopter did most of the work, dropping approximately 30,000 gallons of water on the fire to slow its growth. As many as ten firefighters were also dropped off by aircraft near Lake Two in the evening of June 30 so they could respond to the fire on th...