Have you thought about staying in a Wyoming fire tower? Did you know that you could rent one? Perched atop a forested ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... 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 ...
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 RIDGEWOOD FIRE SAFE COUNCIL is looking forward to enhanced vigilance when it comes to fires this year – and a large portion of the rest of the county will benefit as well. The Two Rock Lookout, a ...
The first Forestry Commission lookout tower was built in 1930 near Camden by the Civilian Conservation Corps. ⁠The tower network eventually included more than 130 towers and was used for 65 years to ...
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.
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 ...
Two and a half hours north of Sacramento — halfway from anywhere — an ancient metal and wood observation tower perches atop a hillside. For 92 years, someone has kept watch from the Colby Mountain ...