Winter 2016-2017
​Lookout Network is released

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Fire Lookout History of the Santa Fe National Forest

A comprehensive and captivating history of fire lookouts on the Santa Fe National Forest by Barbara Zinn, who staffs the Barillas Lookout Tower during fire season.
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Help promote FFLA and HistoriCorps!
The important mission to protect our nation’s fire lookout towers is about to receive the national publicity it deserves. But we need your help immediately! 

See the 6/6/2017 article in the Newsroom for more information!
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2017 Western Conference
The 2017 FFLA Western Conference has now been set for September 8-10 in Chester, California and surrounding area.  Chester is near Lassen National Volcanic Park and the Lassen National Forest, about a 45 minute drive from Susanville and a little over 2 hours from Reno and major airlines. Friday and Saturday sessions will take place at the Chester Memorial Hall.  There are over a dozen lookouts in the Chester-Eagle Lake-Susanville area. Further details will appear in the next issue and on this website as they are announced.​

Registration form and Lodging info is now available on the events page

Pennsylvania reintroduces fire towers​
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More than six decades after transitioning to newer methods, Pennsylvania is returning to a tried-and-true approach toward combating forest fires: fire towers. 

AMC Outdoors Article
DEC 23, 2016
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Help build a Watchman's Camp in Greenville Maine!
Now that the Squaw Mountain fire tower was restored at the Greenville visitors center, it's time to build a replica of the Squaw Mountain watchman's camp right next to it!  Read more and donate at the below link:

​https://www.gofundme.com/fire-watchmans-campwarming-hut

Little Snowy Top Lookout (ID) destroyed by fire​
The Little Snowy Top fire lookout in the Salmo-Priest Wilderness has burned to the ground, according to an September 3 Idaho fire dispatch report.  See the story below. 

The Spokesman-Review
SEPT. 3, 2016

'Freaks on the peaks': the lonely lives of the last remaining forest fire lookouts​ (MT)
There were 10,000 lookouts, scanning the wilderness for signs of smoke. Now just a few hundred remain, and they pass the time hiking, writing and knitting.  See the story below.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/aug/30/us-national-parks-fire-lookout-forest-wildfire?CMP=share_btn_fb
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