Wildland firefighters boarded two skiffs April 28 to battle a blaze at Taiyasanka Harbor.

“It was a couple acres in size, and we kept it out of the trees and kept it on the beach, so it just burned some grass and driftwood,” said forester Roy Josephson. “It could have gotten into the timber there, and then it could have been much worse.”

Josephson and five others responded to the fire after smoke was reported…