Scott Swanson
Of The New Era
Their names line the wall of the dim tack room: Bob, Rosie, Dusty, Biscuit, Stinger, Babe, Frog, Cindy, Roxy and a couple of dozen others.
They are the mules, and a few horses, who have served with packer Betty Applebaker in the stock packing program headquartered at the U.S. Forest Service Fish Lake Guard Station over the past two decades.
Soon, possibly next summer, there will be no more…