The 2019 FFLA Board Meeting will once again be held on the Saturday of Martin Luther King weekend, January 19, with a conference call format for those not attending in person.
The physical meeting location is planned for the Amelia Porter Center at Palisades Park, 1225 Palisades Parkway, Oneonta, Alabama, north of Birmingham.
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CBS News Almanac: Forest fire lookout towers CBS Almanac examines fire lookouts - how we got here, how they evolved, and where we are now.
A beautiful and unique photo from Wisconsin It's the recently rehabilitated Mountain Fire Lookout Tower in Northeast Wisconsin. Photo by Bill Fumelle photography, Courtesy of Oconto County Economic Development Corporation. (Used with permission)
Fire lookouts are hot destinations, but face an uncertain future in the Pacific Northwest
Imagine waking up to the sun cresting a ridge of the Cascade Mountains. You look out the window, and through the dawn light you can see clouds still settled over a lush alpine forest. You’re in a tower in the sky, in the shadow of our tallest peaks, surrounded by wilderness.
Help promote FFLA and HistoriCorps! The important mission to protect our nation’s fire lookout towers is about to receive the national publicity it deserves. But we need your help immediately!
Pennsylvania reintroduces fire towers More than six decades after transitioning to newer methods, Pennsylvania is returning to a tried-and-true approach toward combating forest fires: fire towers.
Help build a Watchman's Camp in Greenville Maine! Now that the Squaw Mountain fire tower was restored at the Greenville visitors center, it's time to build a replica of the Squaw Mountain watchman's camp right next to it! Read more and donate at the below link:
Little Snowy Top Lookout (ID) destroyed by fire The Little Snowy Top fire lookout in the Salmo-Priest Wilderness has burned to the ground, according to an September 3 Idaho fire dispatch report. See the story below.
'Freaks on the peaks': the lonely lives of the last remaining forest fire lookouts (MT) There were 10,000 lookouts, scanning the wilderness for signs of smoke. Now just a few hundred remain, and they pass the time hiking, writing and knitting. See the story below.