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In this Wednesday, July 18, 2018, photo, the Coolwater Fire Lookout, upper left, sits high on a peak in the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests near Lowell, Idaho. The lookout has been staffed each summer for more than 100 years. Other towers across the U.S. West may seem like quaint reminders of an era before satellites, smartphones and jet-propelled air tankers, but the structures and the people who staff them play a crucial role in the nation's front-line efforts to stop wildfires. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

In this Wednesday, July 18, 2018, photo, the Coolwater Fire Lookout, upper left, sits high on a peak in the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests near Lowell, Idaho. The lookout has been staffed each summer for more than 100 years. Other towers across the U.S. West may seem like quaint reminders of an era before satellites, smartphones and jet-propelled air tankers, but the structures and the people who staff them play a crucial role in the nation's front-line efforts to sto…

July 29, 2018

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Mountaintop lookouts still crucial for spotting wildfires
July 29, 2018 4 a.m.

Mountaintop lookouts still crucial for spotting wildfires

BOISE, Idaho — Fire-lookout towers perched atop remote, craggy peaks across the U.S. West may seem like quaint reminders of an era before satellites, smartphones and jet-propelled air tankers.