The fire lookout sits at about 7,700 feet above sea level and seems to be in good condition despite being abandoned since 1955, when the Forest Service last staffed the outpost. Manning leads the ...

This year marks Brig Malessa’s fourth season as a fire lookout for the U.S. Forest Service. For her, the living situation is a big part of the job’s appeal. “It’s the closest you can get ...

She shared her love of the forest, her wisdom from the tower and her fears for the future. On the wildfire watch: A fire lookout's life at 40 feet up, diligently scanning for smokes Mrs ...

PIKE NATIONAL FOREST — While historic fire lookouts dot the Colorado landscape, advancing technology has meant fewer of these structures are staffed than in the past; let's meet one of the state ...

A longtime U.S. Forest Service fire lookout — who spent decades scanning the Klamath National Forest for puffs of smoke and the next threat to communities near the California-Oregon line ...

AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE BEST AREAS THAT THEY HAD BACK THEN AS TECHNOLOGY GOT BETTER, THE NEED FOR THE LOOKOUT WASN’T AS NEEDED AND THE FOREST SERVICE STOPPED USING IT IN THE 80S MOTHER NATURE ...

The Double Arrow Fire Lookout is a sentinel overlooking thousands of acres of the Lolo National Forest. It's retired from its original job, but the lookout is being renovated for another chapter ...

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 ...

“They’ve just taken it on and just really run with it in doing everything they can to support lookouts and saving them and restoring them,” said Gary Weber, the treasurer of the Forest Fire ...