But the few remaining fire lookouts of the US Forest Service often live and work for weeks at a time on their own, scouring the horizon for any hint of smoke from remote lookout towers.

We’re on the job from mid-May until mid-September and mostly alone — except for the abundant wildlife, rare visitors and ...

That’s the name of a map-based website created by University of Idaho graduate students Michael Decker, Chris Lamb and Jack ...

I couldn’t disagree more. My wife Linda and I have worked for the last seven years at Benchmark Lookout on the San Juan National Forest, a fire tower in the southwest corner of Colorado ...

He added, “I thought I’d die of boredom or jump off the mountain.” I couldn’t disagree more. My wife Linda and I have worked for the last seven years at Benchmark Lookout on the San Juan National ...

A historic fire control tower that is New Jersey's last freestanding World War II Lookout Tower ... It offers views of the ...