The Washington Forest Fire Lookout Association is looking for volunteers to help spot fires from Mt. Bonaparte this summer.

The fire lookout sits at about 7,700 feet above sea level and seems to be in good condition despite being abandoned since 1955, when the Forest Service last staffed the outpost. Manning leads the ...

The remote fire lookout, situated roughly 7,700 feet above sea level, appeared to be in relatively good condition, despite being abandoned since 1955 when the Forest Service last staffed the outpost.

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A century-old firefighting resource in the Sequoia National Forest is now a historical landmark. The Buck Rock Fire Lookout is located at 8,500 feet elevation and has been ...

This summer, the nonprofit Siskiyou Mountain Club will work with the U.S. Forest Service to reconstruct the Bolan Mountain Fire Lookout in southern Oregon, a historic cabin that burned to the ...

“They’ve just taken it on and just really run with it in doing everything they can to support lookouts and saving them and restoring them,” said Gary Weber, the treasurer of the Forest Fire ...

The Sekiu Mountain Lookout provides fire detection on lands owned by Crown Zellerbach and Rayonier Inc,. and other scattered ownerships. Rayonier and West Coast Plywood logged the lookout site and ...

Amidst the smoke and destruction caused by the Line fire burning in the San Bernardino National Forest, the fall of Keller Peak Fire Lookout has saddened community members and volunteers who were ...

Wildfires are a reality of life in the American West, and in the early to mid-1900s, the Forest Service built a variety of fire lookout towers, situated on the tops of lofty mountain peaks ...

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.

The Buck Rock Fire Lookout is located at 8,500 feet elevation and has been a vital tool for spotting smoke and battling wildfires in the forest and nearby national parks since 1923.