Hiawatha National Forest. No fires in sight, its off to make fish habitat. In the 1980's the YCC (Youth Conservation Corps) added rocks to streams that feed lake Michigan to form spawning areas for fish. Over the years the rocks have been silted over and washed down stream. Since the habitat increased the fish population around 10 percent they figure its worth having some hotshots rebuild it.

All we did was pass buckets of rocks down the line and into the water. In the end it will prove to be some very expensive fish habitat. Hotshot crews aren't cheap to stage.