That’s the name of a map-based website created by University of Idaho graduate students Michael Decker, Chris Lamb and Jack Kredell that explores the history of fire lookouts in the Gem State ...

Fire lookouts occupy an uncommon spot in the world. Their function is simultaneously anachronistic and essential. They exist ...

The closure has prevented use of the popular subalpine hiking trail leading to the old fire lookout on Idaho Peak.

The big picture: The U.S. Forest Service rents dozens of its old, remote fire lookouts now that infrared ... acres and killed more than 80 people in Idaho and Montana. By the numbers: As of ...

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 ...