THIS CENTURY OLD SERVICE IS SO IMPORTANT... DESPITE NEW FIRE DETECTING TECHNOLOGY. ### NATS AT AN ELEVATION OF MORE THAN 5- THOUSAND FEET --- STANDS CHEWS RIDGE LOOKOUT... VOLUNTEERS WORKING AS AN EYE ...

LEWISTON – Fire lookouts occupy an uncommon spot in the world. Their function is simultaneously anachronistic and essential. They exist in wildly remote spaces yet are satellites of human ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (FOX40.COM) — Volunteers at the Mt. Zion ...

SAN BERNARDINO NATIONAL FOREST (KABC) -- For nearly a century, volunteers have manned the lookout tower on Keller Peak in the San Bernardino mountains watching out for any sign of smoke. But not ...