The Forest Service reversed its decision from last fall to close the tower near Butte Meadows. Instead, forest officials will ...

A beloved sentinel — the 70-year-old fire lookout on Slate Peak — has collapsed. At 7,440 feet, it was the highest ...

The Colby Mountain Fire Lookout will open in early June, according to new details released by the U.S. Forest Service. Ken ...

KCRW Reports Line Fire destroys historic lookout tower in SoCal. Can they rebuild? The Line Fire has scorched The Keller Peak Fire Lookout Tower, which has been around for nearly 100 years, making it ...

BUTTE MEADOWS — A petition to ask the U.S. Forest Service to save the Colby Mountain Fire Lookout was among the ideas coming from a community meeting Saturday in this mountain town. About 30 people, ...

This week’s “Remember when?” is provided by the Florence County Historical Museum and looks back at forest lookout towers ...

Three volunteers for the program Passports in Time stand watch as they help move items by ropes to the top of the Mineral Peak Lookout in the Lolo National Forest. The group of volunteers is helping ...

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 ...

See the stars on October 3 at Berry Hill Fire Tower. (Photo from FFLA) McDONOUGH - On Friday night, October 3, the New York State Forest Fire Lookout Association (FFLA) and the Berry Hill Volunteer ...