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

That hasn’t changed, but other ways fires are spotted have evolved. In the early part of the 20th century, the newly ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) John W. Daily, University of Colorado Boulder (THE CONVERSATION) As wind-driven ...

Bill Moore is the son of Bud Moore, an early Forest Service employee and author of “The Lochsa Story.” Lookout towers became an integral part of the nation’s firefighting apparatus following ...

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

PAYSON — When lightning ignited chaparral and ponderosa pine litter to form the West Fire one night in late August, U.S. Forest Service ... Butte and its fire lookout tower.

Nestled in the heart of West Virginia, Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park is a hidden gem that’s been quietly minding its ...

Founder Bob Johnson was tasked with helping the U.S. Forest Service with aerial ... is expected to feature an observation tower modeled after a historic lookout tower, providing visitors with ...