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

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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 ...

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 ...

The Peak Fire was initially reported around 1 p.m. in the area of Herring Creek. The forest service said firefighters are patrolling the area to ensure any potential campers are aware of the ...

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 ...

Until this year, when I learned about the Sierra Buttes Fire Lookout Station ... went camping at Sardine Lake, located just a short drive from the Sierra Buttes Trailhead, I knew I had to join her so ...

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 ...

"It's always sad when we lose one." Harris said the Keller Peak fire lookout tower was built in 1926 about two miles east of Running Springs, at 7,882 feet above sea level. "It's also one of the ...

the fall of Keller Peak Fire Lookout has saddened community members and volunteers who were preparing to celebrate the tower’s centennial. The 98-year-old fixture outside Running Springs was the ...