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August 24, 2017
$5.2M Forest Service project would rebuild smokejumper base at Methow Valley Airport
By SAM BENNETT
Special to the Journal
Special to the Journal
Photo from U.S. Forest Service
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The Paraloft Building, above, and two other structures lie within a proposed object-free area at Methow Valley Airport. They would have to be moved to keep the smokejumper base at the airport.
A white line painted outside the Paraloft Building at the Methow Valley Airport marks the spot for some potentially big changes at the small airport near Winthrop in Okanogan County.
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