I’ve attached a copy of an email forwarded to me by Mike Anderson, FOSM Member and KOB-TV Assignments Editor, regarding a small wildfire extinguished in the Osha area of the forest. Quoting from the artice:

Aerial resources with the Price Valley Heli-Rappel Crew from Payette National Forest were helicoptered to the site and rappelled in. Once on scene the Price Valley Rappel firefighters stopped the spread to contain the tenth-acre fire, and the crew spent the night on the mountain to ensure its suppression.

Congratulations and thanks to these fearless visiting firefighters!

Mike also informed me that KOB-TV did a short feature on the wonderful work Sim Cook and Fred Hagstrom did removing graffiti high up in the Candelaria Foothills earlier this month. I’ve posted the video at https://friendsofthesandias.org/. Great work, Sim and Fred!

Cliff Giles