This year in Alberta there were a couple of accomplishments. The first being a replica of a full size, 24ft tall wood tower structure located on the grounds of the Rocky Mountain House museum & built as a community project by members of the Rocky Mountain House Flying Club from plans that I was able to provide them.

The second project was the removal of Adams Creek lookout, an old style mountain lookout cabin, to the grounds of the Grande Cache museum where it is to be renovated & ultimately on display to the public. The cabin had been replaced years ago by a newer structure but the forest service just got around to removing the old cabin this past fall. The forest service has been making real progress in recognising its history as the old method of removal would have been simply to "torch" the structure.

Neither of these lookouts will be used for observation but they will provide the public with an opportunity to see up close what lookouts are all about.

I am currently sending the newsletter to 42 people on my mailing list. The forest service still covers all the costs of reprinting & mailing which is a huge bonus.

Regards,
Bob