There are many ways one can help our environment and seven students from Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College are getting a crash course in helping. Seven NEO students and two NEO alums volunteered to journey to Oregon and on to California for two weeks to fight wildfires, according to Mike Neal, their NEO forestry instructor. They will return next week.
NEO Student volunteers include Tyler Burleson, Wyandotte; Justin Shrum, Claremore; Zach Christie, Little Kansas; Eric Fonseca, Quapaw; Thomas Richardson, Fayetteville, Ark; Eric Eddy and Alicia Bishop, Miami. NEO alums include Jessica Koster, Baxter Springs, KS; and Andrew Kirksey, Miami.
For details go to Miami News Record website at http://www.miaminewsrecord.com/articles/2008/07/25/news/news5.txt or
Neal said the cause of the fire they are fighting was lightning. To see details about the current status of their fire go to http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/fireInfo.php?fireID=CA-KNF-3393.
LEAD Agency wishes this group the best and we look forward to hearing and reading more about their experiences after their safe return.
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