Not Your Average Summer Gig: Fighting Fires For Education

In the field of forestry, experience is everything. For some at the University of Montana, the summer is the perfect time to gain some of that critical experience in order to land a job after college. Although fighting fires is dangerous work, some do it during the hot summer months not only to bolster their resumes but to keep the state they call home safe from fires.

Listen to the final episode of the Kaimin Cast of the year by reporter Clayton Murphy to meet some of the students who put their lives on the line in the name of experience and service.

Full transcripts of this episode and all others are available online at www.montanakaimin.com/the_kaimin_cast/

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A podcast from the Montana Kaimin, University of Montana’s independent, student-run newspaper.