Ninko Creek Foofurb* Fire
Location: 16 Miles NW of Polebridge, Glacier Co., MT
Specific Location: Ninko Creek, Flathead NF, Lat 48° 52´ 14″, Lon 114° 35´ 42″
Date of Origin: 09/18/2009
Cause: lightning
Situation as of 09/27/2009 5:00 pm
Personnel: 33
Size: 500 acres
Percent Contained: 10%
MMA: not reported
Actions taken to keep fire within unreported (4-million-acre?)MMA with buckets and engines.
*foofurb: euphemism for “fire used for resource benefit.” However, as is usual with foofurbs, no benefits have been elucidated, no EIS created, no public involvement or hearings held.
