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Show Monticello BLM Officer Now on Washington Fire Art Hosterman, Canyons Area Manager in the Monticello Mon-ticello BLM District, was dispatched to the Slate of Washington Monday to assist in suppression of a oS.OOO acre fire near Bell-ingham, Bell-ingham, Washington, according ac-cording to District Manager Manag-er Frank Shields. The fire is on land administered by the National Park Service of the U. S. Department, of the Interior. Hosterman is one of fivo Utah BLM employees sent to Rcllinghnm. All are experienced ex-perienced fire fighters; Hosterman will be plans chief reporting directly to the fire boss. Althouth there is little BLM-administerod land in the State of Washington, the many going fires in the state are having an effect on BLM as they respond re-spond to calls for help from Forest Service and Park Service officials. This interchange of skilled "overhead" fire fighters among various fedreal agencies ag-encies makes for good manpower utilization. |