Sep. 19—A nearly 90-year-old fire lookout cabin overlooking Lassen National Forest and the Ishi Wilderness — once used as a wartime defense station, then as a rentable vacation getaway — was destroyed ...

A nearly 90-year-old fire lookout cabin overlooking Lassen National Forest and the Ishi Wilderness — once used as a wartime defense station, then as a rentable vacation getaway — was destroyed in the ...

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 ...

LEWISTON – Fire lookouts occupy an uncommon spot in the world. Their function is simultaneously anachronistic and essential. They exist in wildly remote spaces yet are satellites of human ...

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 ...

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 ...

Northwest Peak Lookout sits at the top of Northwest Peak in Lincoln County. (Hailey Smalley/ Daily Inter Lake) Volunteers make repairs to Northwest Peak Lookout on July 25, 2025. (Hailey Smalley/Daily ...

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 ...