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'Faces Behind The Fires' Looks At Life On The Fireline

AMANDA PEACHER / MOUNTAIN WEST NEWS BUREAU
Mike Kramer has been catering for wildfire crews for more than three decades.

Idaho Matters presents two pieces from "Faces Behind the Fires," the Mountain West News Bureau's series about the people who work to put out wildfires - from the fireline to the support staff to the scientists.

Credit NATE HEGYI / MOUNTAIN WEST NEWS BUREAU
Lyle St. Goddard, 56, says he's one of the oldest hotshot firefighters in the nation.

Today, we hear about a crew of Native American hotshots from Yellowstone Public Radio's Nate Hegyi and Boise State Public Radio's Amanda Peacher brings us the story of the people who make sure the hotshots stay well nourished

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