Staff Ride to the Thirtymile Fire

Facilitator Support

Maps

Information Sources

Stand Descriptions

Research and pre-study resources for the Thirtymile Fire Staff Ride:

Local Contact Information

Okanogan and Wenatchee National Forests
215 Melody Lane
Wenatchee, Washington 98801
Phone (509) 664-9200

Methow Valley Ranger District
West Chewuch Road
Winthrop, Washington 98862
Phone (509) 996-4003

Audio/Visual references:

• GE fly-around animation of Thirtymile area (WMV, 7MB)
• Missoula Technology Development Center website for Thirtymile Lessons Learned
• Collection of site photos

• News Release for IC's Plea Agreement (May 2008) (PDF, 85K)
• Thirtymile Fire Investigation Report (PDF, 9.5MB)
• Thirtymile Fire Investigation Executive Summary (PDF, 55K)
• Thirtymile Fire Management Evaluation Report (PDF, 642K)
• Methow Valley Ranger District response to the investigation (MS Word, 61K)
• Okanogan Dispatch Center response to the investigation (PDF, 292K)
• Letter from Chief of the Forest Service citing operational changes (MS Word, 40K)
• Letter from Okanogaon-Wenatchee Forest Supervisor (MS Word, 37K)
• Letter from Chief of the Forest Service to reexamine the investigation (PDF, 122K)
• Thirtymile Fire edition of Fire Management Today (PDF 1.15M)
• "The Thirtymile Fire" (Maclean, 2006) (HTML)
• Collection of personal account articles