Honorable Mention, Aerial Resources 

Ontario's CL-415 heavy-water bomber drops its load of water on the Sioux Lookout District Fire Number 17 in northwestern Ontario early in the fire season. The suspected cause of the fire was a cigarette thrown from a vehicle that ignited grass along the highway roadside. Photo: Tom Nebbs, Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada, 2003.

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Honorable Mention, Miscellaneous  

While gridding on the Flagtail-Malheur Complex Fire in Oregon, a firefighter found an unattended fawn. The doe returned for the fawn later that afternoon. Photo: Willie Cirone, New Jersey Forest Fire Services, Budd Lakem, NJ, 2002.

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Honorable Mention, Aerial Resources 

Crane-style helicopter taking on water at Sugar Pine Reservoir to fight the Cod Fire, El Dorado National Forest, near Foresthill, CA. Photo: Wes Schultz, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Rocklin, CA, 2003.