“And then there’s a bed, a desk, a stove, a little dorm-sized fridge ... has led to a steady decline in human-operated fire lookouts, the U.S. Forest Service estimates that there are ...

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 ...

While basic, these cabins provide necessities, like propane stoves and mattresses, with select cabins featuring more creature comforts than others. One thing about Idaho's fire lookouts is a ...

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.

The Skookum Butte fire lookout, perched on a pile of pancake ... replacing the chimney jack, stovepipe and stove; and replacing ridge flashing, a weather barrier. What will be at least a two ...