Local group helps preserve area’s fire lookouts
The Northwest Montana Chapter of the Forest Fire Lookout Association works each summer to keep the area's fire lookouts in good shape, including the Porcupine Ridge Lookout in Glacier National Park. (photo provided)
Mountain goats were constant companions this summer as members of the Northwest Montana Chapter of the Forest Fire Lookout Association repainted sections of the Mount Brown Lookout in Glacier National Park. (photo provided)
Materials for restoration projects are carried to fire lookout sites via pack animal or helicopter. (photo provided)
The Northwest Montana Chapter of the Forest Fire Lookout Association has done a number of projects this summer, including repainting the exterior of the Mount Brown Lookout in Glacier National Park. (photo provided)
While not currently staffed, the fire lookout on Heaven's Peak in Glacier National Park was assessed for maintenance needs this summer. (photo provided)
The Northwest Montana Chapter of the Forest Fire Lookout Association works each summer to keep the area's fire lookouts in good shape, including the Porcupine Ridge Lookout in Glacier National Park. (photo provided)
Mark and Karen Sheets work refurbishing the original windows from the Mount Wam Lookout in the Kootenai National Forest. (photo provided)
Chuck Manning and members of the Northwest Montana Chapter of the Forest Fire Lookout Association use a variety of skills to include projects which can include woodwork, painting and more. (photo provided)
They stand as silent sentinels atop the pinnacles of many of Montana’s mountain peaks, extending into the heavens to keep an ever vigilant eye on the valleys below during the fire season.
Each winter, Montana’s surviving fire lookouts find themselves in a losing battle against the elements and time, but one Kalispell-based group is fighting to preserve these historic treasures...
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