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 ...

PRICHARD, Idaho – The roof on the Little Guard Lookout leaked. The windows wouldn’t open. The outriggers, which hold up the heavy wooden shutters all summer, were splintering. Paint, siding, flooring ...

For 41 years, Ken Jordan has manned the Colby Mountain Fire Lookout Tower, but earlier this month, he was told to pack up his belongings and leave. The tower, built in 1934, is slated for demolition, ...

Washington was once home to hundreds of fire lookouts – great towers that would stand above the trees, offering 360-degree views of the surrounding wilderness. The towers were used by spotters, who ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Fire-lookout towers perched atop remote, craggy peaks across the U.S. West may seem like quaint reminders of an era before satellites, smartphones and jet-propelled air tankers.

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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Flag Point Lookout in the Mt. Hood National Forest is reopening after a seven-year shut down due to repeated vandalism, the U.S. Forest Service announced Wednesday. Winter and ...

Long before the Texas Forest Service started using airplanes to spot forest fires, men climbed to the highest pine tree they could find, preferably one sitting atop a hill. Fire spotting trees were ...

Located in remote Oregon, the 388-square-foot rental sleeps four and has a full kitchen. The property accepts 65 reservations each year, and there are currently 1,600 names on the waitlist. Dabney ...

Washington was once home to hundreds of fire lookouts — great towers that would stand above the trees, offering 360-degree views of the surrounding wilderness. The towers were used by spotters, who ...