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 ...

The sun sets behind Baptiste Lookout in the Flathead National Forest this past August. (Photo by Mark Hufstetler) This story was originally published by Montana Free Press. Chuck Manning, 79, took ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... 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 ...

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 ...

Hikers coming down from Schafer Peak follow a trail on Green Monarch Ridge overlooking Lake Pend Oreille. (RICH LANDERS/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW/TNS) Hikers coming down from Schafer Peak follow a trail on ...

Zeke Lloyd Montana Free Press Sep 27, 2024 Sep 27, 2024 TROY — Chuck Manning, 79, took careful steps as he circled a small wooden cabin at the top of Northwest Peak, an aptly named mountaintop a few ...

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, ...

In California, firefighters have a true range of tools available to alert them of wildfires: live cameras mounted throughout forests, satellites orbiting Earth, pilots scanning the terrain in ...

TROY, Mont. — Chuck Manning, 79, took careful steps as he circled a small wooden cabin at the top of Northwest Peak, an aptly named mountaintop a few miles from Montana’s borders with Idaho and Canada ...