HERE'S WHAT'S NEW ON THIS SITE
04/01/02
Added link to:
Dominic's Fire Lookout Website Great photos and info on Oregon towers an even some Washington towers
03/22/02
Added link to:
Ontario's Fire Tower Lookouts photos, history, overview of Ontario´s lookouts
04/29/01
NEWS:Very good news from Oregon this year as the Wallowa Whitman NF will be staffing two additional lookouts(Summit Pt and Red Hill). The Klamath Lake State district will be staffing Bryant Mtn and the Umpqua will once again be staffing Pickett Bu. Also, Green Mtn will be staffed by the BLM this year.
5/26/01
Added Bland Mountain site
Added Silver Butte site

Added following pages with photos courtesy of Rex:
5/22/01
Added Soda Moountain site
Added Bryant site
Added Calimus Butte
5/20/01
Added Summit Pt site
Added Red Hill site
Added 3 new photos to Indian rock Page
04/29/01
Added a whole truckload of new links to the
Wildfire and Weather Links page-Too many to list here so you'll just have to surf the page if you're interested!
04/22/01
Added following links:
Berowra Tower Info and photos of a recently erected tower near Sudney
Schonchin Butte LO tower in northern California
01/02/01
Added following links:
Buck Rock Foundation Info and photos of this historical structure in the Sierra Nevadas
Chuck's Fire Lookout Page Nice collection of photos in and around Vetter Mountain Lookout
11/29/00
Added following links:
DFPA Lookouts The Douglas Fire Protection Agency staffs 8 lookouts in SW Oregon. Photos and info on their lookouts, both past and present. Well done!.
Green Ridge Lookout Article in the Sisters paper about Green Ridge Lookout(no photo-1999)
Black Butte Lookout Article(photo)in the Seattle times about Black Butte Lookout in Central Oregon(1999)
Black Butte Lookout Article in local paper about fire that threatened Black Butte Lookout(1999-no photo)
Bull of the Woods Photo of Bull of the Woods Lookout(NW Oregon)
Watchman Peak Several great QTVR movies taken from Watchman Peak Lookout in the winter-great views of Crater Lake National Park
Iron Mountain Nice photos and info on Iron Mountain Lookout and surrounding area(Willamette NF)
Soda Mountain Photo of Soda Mountain LO(SW Oregon)
11/05/00
Added new sites on following towers:
(A big thank you to Rex Kamstra and Dominic Luebbers for the use of their photos!)
Antelope
Black Butte
Clear Lake
Desolation
Dixie
Dry Soda
Flag Point
Flagtail
Frazier
Green Ridge
Henkle
Stephenson
Table Rock
And Added new photos to the following sites:
Aldrich
Dry Mountain
SiSI
Snow Mountain




6/01/00
Added historic photo to Dry Mtn Site
Updated some very good news regarding Wolf Mtn
5/10/00
Added following links:
Lookouts of the Sequoia NF
Three fingers lookout(Washington)
Mogollon Baldy(NM)
Queensland, Australia towers
5/09/00
Added new photos to Lava Butte page
Added a "lack of interagency coordination" section to my rant

added links to following pages:
Fire Lookouts of Missouri page
Bruce Codere's page on Tony Tower in Alberta, Canada
Evan Bedford's page on Australian tower life
picture of Carbondale fire lookout(Alberta, Canada)
page linking to some nice photos on some lookouts in B.C. Canada
Middle Fork Peak Lookout(Challis NF, Idaho)-nice
article on a lookout near Bryceville, Florida
Mt Pisgah and Dutchamn Bu
Dorset Scenic Lookout Tower and Information Centre in Ontarion, Canada
Pechuck mtn in Oregon-very interesting history and photos
The Everett Mountaineers-group in Washington that does some lookout preservation
05/06/00
Added the following pages:
Parker Mountain
Lookout Mountain
Dutchman Butte
Sugarpine
Kelly Butte
Baughman
Riddle Mountain
Calamity Butte
Dry Mountain
Snow Mountain
Sugarloaf Mountain
Wagontire Mountain
Point Prominence
Big Lookout Mountain
Also redid the clickable map-easier to read now I hope
04/18/99
Added the following link:National Historical Lookout Register to the links page. A truly amazing site that you should check into!
4/06/99
posted page for TOWER MTN LOOKOUT
4/01/99
It was brought to my attention that I had overlooked a very important consideration regarding the role of lookouts in regions that have strong "let burn" policies. It made sense to me so I made some changes under the "let burn" heading of the rant
3/29/99
OOPS!-fixed the broken link to the JOHNSON ROCK THUMBNAILS PAGE
3/21/99
Added another two new photos(one fire photo) to the JOHNSON ROCK LOOKOUTpage
3/18/99
Fixed problem with the clickable map--NETSCAPE BROWSERS weren't reading it
Added two new photos to the Johnson Rock LOOKOUT page.
FINALLYmanaged to replace the annoying pop-up(that's a redundancy, I know...) ads with banners.
3/17/99
There were some problems with NETSCAPE COMMUNICATOR accessing several of the pages on this site. The problems are now, hopefully fixed(thanks to Gerrit Remmerde for bringing the problem to my attention!) Here are the fixed pages:
Commonly Asked Questions About Fire Lookouts
Lookouts concerned that this site will will bring unwanted visitors to their towers
Things to keep in mind if planning to visit a lookout tower
Also added the following pages to the site:
HUCKLEBERRY MOUNTAIN
ROUND MOUNTAIN
WARNER RIDGE
STAY TUNED: More lookout photos from SW Oregon arriving this spring
3/16/99 Added a "landscape" photo to the page for COFFIN MTN LOOKOUT

3/12/99 Added the following links:
experiment with satellite fire detection in Finland
page for JOHNSON ROCK LOOKOUT added
3/11/99 Added the following links:
Articleon lookouts on the El Dorado NF(CA)
 2 lookouts on the Kaibab NF(AZ)
History of lookouts in Tobacco Valley(Montana)
3/08/99 Added the following pages to the Green Mountain page:
Some drawings of lookouts by Bill Friday, Some cartoons of lookoutsby Bill, an "eye exam for fire lookouts"by Bill
Link to Vogel's Fire Lookout Page added
3/07/99 Added the following links:
IAMWHOQTVR imaging and more...
Ranger Dave's Page of Lookout Towers on the Web
See a state assemblywoman who realizes how important lookouts are! 1