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Rotors and propellers sat at ease Wednesday as firefighters from a long list of agencies learned about one another’s aerial firefighting resources at the Durango Air Tanker Base at Durango-La Plata Co.
Plans to shut down the Durango-La Plata County Airport for maintenance in September are on schedule with the airport set to close for 10 days to repave the runway and install new lighting.
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Drought. A snowpack vanished by the end of May. Dry vegetation and erratic winds.
Conditions that could describe La Plata County today were also present two decades ago when a spark ignited the Missio.
The Durango Air Tanker Base at the Durango-La Plata County Airport will receive some much-needed maintenance.
San Juan National Forest, which operates the base, plans to spend more than $1 million to .