Smokejumpers share their experiences at Fire Strong Workshops

Pateros Mayor Carlene Anders, left, Executive Director of the Okanogan County Long Term Recovery Group and a former Smokejumper, chats with a pair of jumpers from the North Cascades Smokejumper Base in Winthrop during the second of six, day-long Fire Strong Workshops, this one held at Chelan last Wednesday, March 20. Fire Strong Workshops will be held at Tonasket on Tuesday, April 16, Okanogan, Wednesday, April 17, Nespelem, Tuesday, April 30, and Twisp, Wednesday, May 1.