It started with a smoke break.  Saws shut down.  Packs or pouches came out.  Hardened hands tapped packs on a knee or delicately rolled...

Re-printed from Early Days in the Forest Service, vol. 1 Early one morning in 1929 after traveling all night with a fire crew met Ranger...

Stories as told by Rocky Cartwright, and narrated by Cal Russell

A 1966, orange, slant-six Dodge carryall crawled up the old North Hill. Three people and four dogs jockeyed for space. More than 3000...

November and December of 1973 had a lot of snow.   All Forest Service survey crews had been laid off the end of October.  Those of us who...