Fire spotters used to watch with binoculars from forest towers. Now, technology can help forecast fire behavior, but human ...

Salt River Project, with aid from corporate, government and nonprofit partners, is thinning Arizona forests to prevent wildfires and save water.

Most people have never been to one, but they may still find something captivating and romantic about them. That same curiosity applies to firewatchers, the people who spend their summers, largely ...

Many towers have been removed or have been converted to rental cabins. Others still exist but sit empty. Though the footprint of the fire lookout system has atrophied, Decker said they remain an ...

A fire lookout continuously monitors specific areas, usually from an elevated position such as a fire watch tower or a hut.

Part of Cape May Point State Park, the World War II Lookout Tower – officially known as Fire Control Tower No. 23 – was built in 1942 and is New Jersey's last restorable tower from World War II.

On Monday the crew of Tom Jones Construction began taking down the lookout tower at Pithers Point. The lookout tower has not been used since 2002 because it is not needed anymore, according to Pam ...

“I definitely didn’t think the fire was going to get that close that soon,” he said. “It’s a good thing we didn’t stay for our second night, because the lookout burned that night.” Tolman was the last ...