The Forest Service began building fire-detection towers after the Great Fire of 1910, then added more after the Civilian Conservation Corps and other government agencies considered lookouts ...

There’s a small wooden cabin at the top of Northwest Peak, a few miles from Montana’s borders with Idaho and Canada, and Chuck Manning, 79, believes lookouts like this one deserve a second chance at ...

Not only did they pay for building the cabin ... from Government Camp up to the fire lookout. They had a telephone where they could call down to the forest lookout and say, “Here are the ...

A nearly 100-year-old fire lookout tower was destroyed last week as the Line Fire blazed through Southern California. Los Angeles ABC affiliate KABC reported that the Keller Peak fire lookout ...

Two historic, treasured fire lookouts have been destroyed in a blaze ... Many of them took a break inside or munched lunch in front of the building, which was listed on the National Register ...

such as the fire lookout logbook and other items, were salvaged from the building. They are reminding people not to fly drones over the fire area. If you fly, they can't. There will be an open ...

The writers Edward Abbey, Gary Snyder and Norman McLean all staffed high-elevation fire lookouts in the West—their experiences rich fuel for their work. But Jack Kerouac’s reaction makes me smile.

Famous old Lookout Inn, on the crest of Lookout Mountain ... but none of them knew that there had been a fire in the building, and there was no excitement.

Fire lookouts are an asset to the National Forest. Lookouts, traditionally are people who seek solitude. A lot of lookouts are past wildland firefighters. Many are artists. Many are writers.