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In this Wednesday, July 18, 2018, photo, a panoramic photo likely dating from the 1950s is shown at the Coolwater Fire Lookout in the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests near Lowell, Idaho. Tom VandeWater, who staffs the station each summer for the U.S. Forest Service, uses the photos, which are precisely marked with directional measurements, to help him identify the names and areas of possible fire locations when he spots fires at night. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

In this Wednesday, July 18, 2018, photo, a panoramic photo likely dating from the 1950s is shown at the Coolwater Fire Lookout in the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests near Lowell, Idaho. Tom VandeWater, who staffs the station each summer for the U.S. Forest Service, uses the photos, which are precisely marked with directional measurements, to help him identify the names and areas of possible fire locations when he spots fires at night. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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.