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Taking the Common Core standards outside.

Virtual Field Trip: Missoula Smokejumper Base

Virtual Field Trip: Missoula Smokejumper Base

Just outside Missoula, Montana the legendary smokejumpers train to parachute into fires burning in some of the nation’s most remote areas, from Alaska to New Mexico. Visitors are welcome to tour the facility from Memorial Day through Labor Day. The U.S. Forest Service operates the Missoula Smokejumper Base, home to a unit of about 80 […]

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