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 ...

Now about 75 "retired" lookouts are available for tourists to rent in states like California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington. Settling into the Thompson Peak fire lookout near ...

For nearly a century, volunteers have manned the lookout tower ... The Southern California Mountains Foundation has confirmed that the tower was destroyed during the Line Fire last week.

The writers Edward Abbey, Gary Snyder and Norman McLean all staffed high-elevation fire lookouts in the West—their experiences ... Linda brings wool to spin, we both choose lots of books, and I spend ...

A nearly 90-year-old fire lookout cabin overlooking Lassen National Forest and the Ishi Wilderness — once used as a wartime defense station, then as a rentable vacation getaway — was destroyed ...

September came to California with a searing ... a Sequoia National Forest lookout sighted smoke from the nearby McGee ranch. At 6 p.m., despite fire crews and bulldozers, the McGee fire topped ...

There have been over 5,500 wildfires in California this ... a press release at the time. Fire detection traditionally consisted of people being staffed at fire lookout locations around the state ...

There were a lot of them. Kresek, who is known as the preeminent lookout authority in the region, wrote a book titled “Fire Lookouts of the Northwest,” in which he covered 3,300 lookout sites ...

SAN BERNARDINO NATIONAL FOREST (KABC) -- For nearly a century, volunteers have manned the lookout ... California Mountains Foundation has confirmed that the tower was destroyed during the Line ...

The writers Edward Abbey, Gary Snyder and Norman McLean all staffed high-elevation fire lookouts in the West ... we both choose lots of books, and I spend the days scanning the land and ...