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

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The writers Edward Abbey, Gary Snyder and Norman McLean all staffed high-elevation fire lookouts in the West ... searched for smokes from Desolation Peak Lookout in Washington during one summer ...

Morton Grove fire Chief Ralph Ensign is set to retire at the beginning of the new year, a departure that will cap off his nearly 50 years of experience as a firefighter and fire services leader.

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. After he searched for smokes ...

There’s a small wooden cabin at the top of Northwest Peak, a few miles from Montana ... deserve a second chance at being useful. The fire lookout sits at about 7,700 feet above sea level ...

The writers Edward Abbey, Gary Snyder and Norman McLean all staffed high-elevation fire lookouts in the West ... for smokes from Desolation Peak Lookout in Washington during one summer in ...

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 ...

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. After he searched for ...

Northwest Peak Lookout was once one of more than 8,700 lookouts spread across the United States. The Forest Service began building the fire-detection units en masse after the Great Fire of 1910 ...

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 ...