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August 17, 2017

Smokejumper base may stay in Methow

WINTHROP (AP) — A new analysis is recommending that Washington's only smokejumper base remain in the Methow Valley, considered the birthplace of smokejumping.

A group advising the U.S. Forest Service says the North Cascades Smokejumper Base near Winthrop should stay where it has been for nearly 80 years.


 
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