First Place, Aerial Resources.

A P3-A Airtanker delivering retardant on the 1999 Yellow Pine Complex, Modoc National Forest, CA. Redding Hotshots in foreground are preparing to help burn out a large section of fireline after the retardant drop.  Photo by James Gould, USDA Forest Service, Klamath National Forest, Happy Camp Ranger District, CA, 1999.

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First Place, Prescribed Fire. 

Single strip of prescribed fire under ponderosa pines on the Fort Valley Experimental Forest, Coconino National Forest, AZ.  Photo is by Allen Farnsworth, USDA Forest Service, Peaks Ranger District, Flagstaff, AZ 1996

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First Place, Ground Resources.

Firefighter burning out a section of fireline on the 1988 Fayette Lake Fire, Jim Bridger Wilderness, Bridger-Teton National Forest, WY. Photo by Richard Claypole, USDA Forest Service, Klamath National Forest, Happy Camp Ranger District, CA, 1988

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First Place, Miscellaneous. 

Lupines carpeting the floor of an old-growth ponderosa pine forest maintained by frequent lightning fires on the Powell Plateau, North Rim, Grand Canyon National Park, AZ.  Photo by Allen Farnsworth, USDA Forest Service, Peaks Ranger District, Flagstaff, AZ 1998

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