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Satellite phones make cowboys wildfire sentinels (AP)
Posted on 08.31.08 by templeton @ 8:00 pm

Idaho Rancher Paul Nettleton takes his Iridium Satellite phone from its protective case Tuesday<b>,</b> August 26<b>,</b> 2008 near his ranch in Silver City<b>,</b> Idaho. Nettleton was one of seven rural Owyhee County cattlemen to receive a satellite phone from the Bureau of Land Management in order to help alert land managers of wildfires in rural portions of the state. <b>(</b>AP Photo/Charlie Litchfield<b>)</b>AP - The craggy gullies where Idaho cowboy Paul Nettleton runs 1,200 head of cattle are often precious minutes from reliable cell phone coverage.



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