Missoula exhibit shows innovation in Forest Service communications
and last updated 2021-07-13 22:40:42-04
MISSOULA â Nowadays, you can depend on satellites and sophisticated communications systems to manage wildfire, or just run a National Forest.
That's a lot different than decades ago but it doesn't mean there wasn't innovation -- and it happened right here in Montana.
The Fire Call One exhibit at the Historical Museum at Fort Missoula first opened last summer. But with the pandemic, very few people have actually seen this fascinating time tunnel into the early days of the Forest Service in Montana.
Collector Steve Bixby says the idea for the exhibit came from a lot of curious people.