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Smokejumper Magazine, July 2023, National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper and Static Line Magazines

Message from the President; Denali, the Great One—An Early Ascent of North America's Highest Peak; The Jump List; Motorcycles Are Not Approved for Packouts; Randy Hurst; Small Town Connections; Lost Horizons; Odds and Ends; Whites OFF The Breaks; Moose Tracks in the Timber; Notes from the Ranks; Sounding Off from the Editor; Jack Demmons Remembered; Fighting Wildfire During Extreme Burning Conditions; "Too Steep and Too Rough"; Off the List; Not Forgotten; Public Involvement; So - Is There a Fee?; Fire Jumps in One Season; The Legend of Black Water Canyon;

Smokejumper Obituary: Webster, Robert Lyle "Bob" (Missoula 1955), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Richter, William Dennis "Denny" (North Cascades 1958), National Smokejumper Association

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Smokejumper Obituary: Mccullough, Thomas Olene "Tom" (Missoula 1953), National Smokejumper Association

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Smokejumper Obituary: Hagen, Eric M. (Mccall 1983), National Smokejumper Association

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Smokejumper Obituary: Mccormick, Michael H. (North Cascades 1956), National Smokejumper Association

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Smokejumper Obituary: Chandler, S. Dirk (Redding 1964), National Smokejumper Association

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Smokejumper Obituary: Walden, John W. (Missoula 1965), National Smokejumper Association

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Smokejumper Obituary: Osborne Jr., Nathan Judson (Missoula 1946), National Smokejumper Association

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Smokejumper Obituary: Cromwell, Leo R. (Idaho City 1966), National Smokejumper Association

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A Baseline Assessment Of Migratory And Resident Bird Use Of A Prairie Restoration Site In Eastern Washington, Madilyn J. Odiorne, Brynn A. Richey, Ruby L. Hammond

2023 Symposium

Prairies, and other types of grassland ecosystems, have suffered some of the most profound losses worldwide, due to anthropogenic factors such as fossil fuel extraction, agriculture, and climate change. Likewise, organisms inhabiting grassland ecosystems have become extirpated across much of their historical range, not the least of which has been a 50% decline in grassland birds since the 1960s. In response to losses of intact prairie in eastern Washington, a 120-ac site has been established on the EWU campus to regenerate native prairie and monitor changes in the ecosystem as native plants recolonize and replace non-natives. Because birds are an …

Smokejumper Obituary: Monroe, Thomas Sterling "Tom" (North Cascades 1958), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Confidence And Exercise: Is There A Link Between Exercise And Percieved Confidence?, Jocelyn I. Simpson, Tatum R. Dickison

2023 Symposium

High self-confidence is crucial in social, work, and academic settings. Previous research suggests that individuals with greater confidence tend to be healthier and happier. (ŞAHİN et al., 2016).

PURPOSE: To investigate whether exercise intervention (resistance training (RT), aerobic training (AT), no exercise (NE)) could increase perceived confidence levels before an academic test. It was hypothesized that participants who exercised before the test would have higher perceived confidence levels compared to those who did not.

METHODS: Eastern Washington University students (n=18, 12 males), between the ages of 18-40 were recruited. Participants were randomized into one of the interventions (AT, RT, NE). …

Overexpressing Two Helicobacter Pylori Small Rnas From A Bacterial Pathogenicity-Related Chromosomal Region To Investigate Their Regulation Of Virulence Genes, Roxanne N. Mcpeck, Olivia F. Morgan, Andrea R. Castillo Phd

2023 Symposium

The bacterial pathogen Helicobacter pylori infects the stomachs of approximately 50% of humanity, causing symptomatic disease (e.g., stomach ulcers, gastric cancer, and MALT lymphoma) in 10-15% of the infected. Colonizing the acidic, inhospitable stomach requires H. pylori to tightly regulate gene expression despite lacking many common bacterial genetic regulatory elements. The pathogen may compensate by using abundant non-protein-coding small RNAs (sRNAs) to regulate gene expression, including of infection-intensifying virulence genes. Additionally, severe disease and cancer correlate with infection by H. pylori strains that contain a nonessential chromosomal region, the cytotoxin-associated gene pathogenicity island (cagPAI). This encodes powerful virulence …

Estimating The Minimum Number Of Individuals (Mni) For Skeletal Collections With Consideration To The Introduction Of Procurement Bias, M. Elizabeth Dyess, T. Heil

2023 Symposium

Of the competing methods for the estimation of the number of individuals represented within a skeletal assemblage, variations of the calculation of MNI (Minimum Number of Individuals) are most often employed. This presentation provides the preliminary results of an exhaustive study designed to determine the minimum number of individuals represented within a collection of 1,065 skeletal elements and fragments, belonging to the Eastern Washington University Anthropology Program. Results produced by established methods of computation were reinterpreted to account for the introduction of Procurement Bias in the calculation of MNI.

Smokejumper Obituary: Young, Austin L. (Mccall 1954), National Smokejumper Association

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Mowing Cattail Cover To Increase Aquatic Vegetation Diversity On The Coeur D’Alene River Floodplain In Cataldo, Idaho, Makenna J. Tabino

2023 Symposium

The Schlepp Easement is a 400 acre wetland on the Coeur D’Alene River floodplain, near Cataldo, Idaho. The wetland has been restored to protect it from heavy metal pollution transported downstream from mining sites near Kellogg, Idaho, the location of the Bunker Hill EPA Superfund Site. This wetland was restored to provide safe habitats and feeding grounds for migratory waterfowl and to maintain wetland biodiversity. However, cattail is prone to becoming overdominant and outcompeting other plants, which greatly limits a wetland’s biodiversity. Our objectives were to test whether aquatic boat mowing can reduce cattail cover, improving species diversity and cover …

Smokejumper Obituary: Snider, Rodney D. "Rod" (North Cascades 1951), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Moore, Forrest Reed "Buster" (Redding 1957), National Smokejumper Association

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Smokejumper Obituary: Rofelty, Robert J. "Bob" (Missoula 1957), National Smokejumper Association

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Meeting Minutes, April 24th, 2023, National Smokejumper Association Board Of Directors

National Smokejumper Association Meeting Minutes

Agenda: 1. Call to Order, Introductions, and Approval of the Agenda; 2. Board Protocol; 3. Consent Agenda; 4. Forest Service Smokejumper Program Update 2023; 5. Investment Committee, Financials, and Treasurer's Report; 6. TRAMPS; 7. Mann Gulch; 8. Nominations Committee; 9. Motion to Adopt the NAFSR position paper; 10. Motion to increase Office Compensation for Chuck to $500 per month; 11. Scholarship Committee; 12. Lisason to Active Jumpers Report; 13. Historical Preservation Committee; 14. Web Page Report; 15. Proposed Budget; 15. Brad Willard Donation; 16. Merchandise Summary 1998-2022; 17. Membership Report; 18. Malvin Brown Update; 19. Election of Officers; 20. Leadership …

Smokejumper Obituary: Evans, Randall Ova "Randy" (Mccall 1977), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

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Smokejumper Obituary: Schroeder, Thomas William "Tom" (Grangeville 1960), National Smokejumper Association

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Smokejumper Obituary: Reay, David "Bruce" (Idaho City 1958), National Smokejumper Association

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Smokejumper Obituary: Evans, Randy O. (Mccall 1977), National Smokejumper Association

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Smokejumper Obituary: Marsh, John Clifford (Idaho City 1966), National Smokejumper Association

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Smokejumper Magazine, April 2023, National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper and Static Line Magazines

This issue of the National Smokejumper Association (NSA) Static Line, contains the following articles: Message from the President; 1958: The Best Summer Ever Part 2: Tanoak and the Old Glory Fire; Defending the Tribe; Landowners File Suits Against USFS—Chetco Bar Fire Oregon; Recollections of My Rookie Year; Cinnamon Marked the Time; History Preservation..............................................17 Too Steep/Too Roughy—A New Book....................19 Odds and Ends; Input from Jumper Who Lives Outside the City; Moose Creek 1959 "Let's Not Forget; Save Our National Forests with Shaded Fuel Breaks; Touching All Bases; The Rescue Jump for "Animal" Ed Weissenback; Catastrophic Fire Awareness, Prevention, Response, Suppression and …

Smokejumper Obituary: Pond, Ronald J. (Mccall 1966), National Smokejumper Association

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Smokejumper Obituary: De Jarnette, Monroe C. "Spud" (Missoula 1949), National Smokejumper Association

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Smokejumper Obituary: Romness, Gary Palmer (Missoula 1962), National Smokejumper Association

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