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Lookout Cookbook
A Collection of Recipes by Forest Fire Lookouts by Libby Langston The Lookout Cookbook is a blend of recipes, history, personal stories and over 100 photographs bringing together the lookout staffers, their stations, and their creativity. Lookout Cookbook is a cooperative venture between the North Idaho / Montana Chapter of the Forest Fire Lookout Association, the Lolo National Forest, and the Museum of North Idaho. 152 pages, 6.75" x 9.5" paperback. Order from: FFLA - Gary Weber 2590 W. Versailles Dr. Coeur d'Alene, ID 83815 fflatreas@gmail.com $14.95 + $4.00 shipping/handling. $1.00 s/h for each additional book to same address. Make Checks payable to FFLA or pay through PayPal - payable to fflatreas@gmail.com |
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Northwest Montana Fire Lookouts
A Hiking Guide by Steve Rains Enjoy discovering the wilds of Northwest Montana as you hike to 30 different fire lookouts located in 6 different mountain ranges and Glacier National Park. Featured mountain ranges include the Cabinets, Flathead, Mission, Salish, Swans, and Whitefish. For all ages and fitness levels! To learn more or order, see the below link - http://www.letshikemontana.com/ |
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Fire Watcher
by Vivian Demuth ISBN: 978-1-55071-696-2 Fire Watcher is a collection of poetry written at a Canadian fire tower in the Rocky Mountain foothills. Vivian Demuth's lively poems show that, to an engaged observer with an accomplished literary imagination, the mountain forest is a complex, animated bio-community--resonating with beauty and sentient beings, large, small, and mysterious. Available on-line - from www.Amazon.com and www.Amazon.ca |
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Baker Butte Journal 2010
By Shirley Payne Shirley Payne has been a lookout for 29 years and it's a job she loves and returns to with great anticipation. In 2010 she kept a journal of her summer watching for forest fires. With no television or internet access there's not much to do besides read, quilt, and cook. And boy does Shirley ever cook! Shirley has used her evenings to develop and refine recipes, 99 which are included in the book. To learn more or order, see the below link - http://www.berryqueenpress.com/ |
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View from the Top
Maryland’s Fire Towers by Barbara M. Garner Abecedarian Books, 2012, paperback, 192 pp. ISBN: 0982298560 This book locates and describes the geographical presence of every one of Maryland's fire towers, taking the reader to 46 locations. Representing several years of field and library research, on-site visits, and interviews, it describes the development of the fire lookout tower system in Maryland and recognizes many of the towermen and towerwomen who worked this system. Dozens of maps and photos make this a wonderful field guide and reference, and a welcome addition to the literature of Maryland's history of its forests and woodlands. $16.95 + $4.00 s/h from Barbara Garner, 608 Norhurst Way, Baltimore, Maryland 21228, 410-788-3767 |
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FOUR-ELEVEN! Pulaskis, Planes &
Forest Fires by Rich Faletto Four summers around Lake Chelan on Washington’s Wenatchee NF in the early 1960s. Available from bookstores. ISBN: 1452892903 Or Online at Amazon.com |
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Standing Watch: The Fire Towers of
Arizona by Eileen Moore Each chapter describes the towers of a specific public agency, whether Forest Service, Park Service, Bureau of Land Management or Native tribe. Along with the individual towers, Standing Watch gives us profiles of an Apache Hot Shot crew, a fire tech on the Navajo Reservation, the life cycle of lady bugs, two devastating wildfires and the close quarters of a couple working together on a fire tower. A special feature also looks at the tree towers that were once at the heart of fighting wildfire on the north Kaibab National Forest Features the state’s eighty-one fire towers and cabins and includes 115 photos. Order from - http://www.mortenmoorepublishing.com/SW.html |
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Morton Peak
by Jack Dietz Novel set at Morton Peak Lookout in the San Bernardino NF. Available from bookstores. ISBN: 1441511938 Or order online at Amazon.com |
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Lookouts
In the Southwestern Region This is a multi-part ebook that can be downloaded from the below site - http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/jspui/handle/1957/9577 |
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Black Hills National Forest
Harney Peak and the Historic Fire Lookout Towers (Images of America Series) by Jan Cerney and Roberta Sago Over 200images of Black Hills lookouts. Available from bookstores. ISBN: 0738583707 Or online at Amazon.com |
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GUARDING DINOSAUR
by Jean Burt Polhamus The 1953 adventures of a young couple serving as fire lookouts on Round Top in Dinosaur National Monument. Available at http://www.lulu.com/shop/jean-polhamus/guarding-dinosaur/paperback/product-5410012.html or contact Jean Polhamus - johnandjean@gmail.com |
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I Remember When: The Untold Story
of Helen Ellett by Randy Kneer The story of the courageous Dickinson Hill Observer in Grafton, New York. $9.95 + $2.00 shipping/ handling from: Podskoch Press 43 O’Neill Lane East Hampton, CT 06424 860-267-2442 |
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The HELENA NATIONAL FOREST
The Early Days by Vicky MacLean Helena NF History includes an entire chapter on lookouts. $16.95 from the Montana Discovery Foundation 406-495-3711 |
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Buckskin Larch and Bedrock
by Mike Hiler Collection of poems and passages from the Central Washington Cascades. Available from bookstores. ISBN: 1453844074 |
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Fire Season
by Philip Connors Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout Available from bookstores. ISBN: 0061859362 |
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FROM YORK TO THE ALLAGASH
Forest Fire Lookouts of Maine by David N. Hilton Limited number of copies still available at - http://www.firewackerworld.sellorfind.com/store/products/from-york-to-the-allagash-forest-fire-lookouts-of-maine/ or at bookstores. ISBN: 1890454044 |
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Lonely on the Mountain
A Skier’s Memoir by George M. Henderson Trafford Publishing, 2006, paperback, 286 pp. ISBN: 1412082331 While not “new”, information on this memoir from the late father of an FFLA member was announced at the 2011 Western Conference. George Henderson's memoir is not only a fascinating story of the history of Mt. Hood, but a very readable account of growing up in the American west in the early to mid 20th century. Most of his first 30 years were spent in the mountains as a youngster in Montana and Idaho logging camps, as a Forest Service lookout and smokechaser in Oregon, as a pioneer in the early development of skiing on Mount Hood, and as an outdoor writer and ski columnist. This memoir recounts those years, and includes many lookout-related stories, including photos of the demise of the original D-6 lookout on Mount Hood. $23.00 + $3.00 s/h, from Donna Henderson, 14050 Maxfield Creek Rd., Monmouth, OR 97361, dnnhndrsn@gmail.com Also available at the Government Camp (OR) General Store and at www.amazon.com and www.trafford.com |
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Points of Prominence
Fire Lookouts of the Payette National Forest By Richard H. Holm, Jr. Paperback, 142 pages, ISBN-13: 978-1448609994 What started as Richard Holm's summer internship interviewing retired Payette National Forest employees, who had built and staffed fire lookouts, ultimately led to an overwhelming interest in those lookouts and related subjects. The result was the restoration of a lookout tower in his yard and the publication of this book. Unlike other areas in the northwest where fire lookouts have been well documented, the Payette NF lookouts have not. Much to the angst of Richard and others, several lookouts were removed or destroyed during the preliminary stages of research for this book. The purpose of this book is to help preserve the individual histories of Payette lookouts, as well as the history and experiences of the people associated with them. |
In the 2.3 million acres of land comprised in today's Payette National Forest over one hundred fire lookout locations were used to protect the forest from fires. Recently only thirteen of those lookouts are in use. After many years of research, the history of each fire lookout site is reveled through the stories of people who staffed, stocked, and built them. Also included is a general history of the fire lookout network on the Payette as related to Forest Service fire policy in the four northwestern states. Bringing the text to life is an amazing collection of over 270 black and white photographs of this spectacular region, which extends from the depths of Hells Canyon to the remote Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness.
$20.00 each includes shipping/handling (shipping combined on multiple orders) from:
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High-mountain 2-manner
By Frank Fowler Xlibris Corporation, 2006, paperback, 280 pages, ISBN: 0895873567 A Montana smokejumper recalls hitting the silk and the books in his college years. A young man who grew up on the streets of Washington, D.C. left all he had known in the East to find his adventure in the West; to college in Missoula; and to work four summers for the Forest Service three as a smokejumper. He shared his exploits with his mother in frequent and detailed letters that she saved. Those letters are the basis for this memoir, "High-mountain Two-manner." Available from most bookstores or Amazon.com |
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Fire Lookout Hikes in the Canadian Rockies
Second Edition By Mike Potter, revised and expanded, now describes 101 hikes to active lookouts and sites of former lookouts throughout the Rockies of Alberta and British Columbia, with a new section of 13 hikes in Glacier National Park, Montana. These hikes hold a captivating human history, as well as giving great views and offering a superb intro-duction to wildlife and wildflowers. The author presents detailed trail information and shares many fascinating and humorous anecdotes from his research and interviews. There is even a section of Lookouts in Literature, with excerpts from Gary Snyder, Ed Abbey, Jack Kerouac, and Norman Maclean. Potter has written seven other books on the Canadian Rockies. "Fire Lookout Hikes" features over 135 color photos and 60 color maps. The book is 272 pages long, 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" in size; ISBN 978-0-9780170-1-9. $24.95 (US) includes shipping by airmail; make payable to Luminous Compositions, 1404, 604 8 St SW, Airdrie, Alberta, Canada T4B 2W4 More info at e-mail: luminouscompositions@shaw.ca |
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Hiking North Carolina's Lookout Towers
By Peter J. Barr John F. Blair, Publisher, paperback, 272 pages, ISBN: 0895873567 Peter Barr has combined his love of fire towers and his passion for the outdoors into a historical and hiking guidebook to the lookout towers in mountainous western North Carolina. The book includes natural and cultural history for 26 towers and their mountains, often including interviews from past watchmen. In addition, driving directions as well as detailed hiking routes of varying length and difficulty will serve to guide hikers of all abilities to these historic lookouts. Descriptions of the panoramic vistas afforded by each tower are also included. The book includes over 30 maps and 40 photographs as well as inventory listings of removed and restricted towers in western NC. Information on the “Lookout Tower Challenge”, a hiking based challenge program to be co-administered by the NC Chapter of FFLA and the Carolina Mountain Club, is also included in the book. For ordering info, click here |
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Finding Fire
A Personal History of Fire Lookouts By Doug Newman How fire lookouts were built and protected the Cascades along with the daily life of the men and women who operated them. Now available from the Lane County Historical Society and Museum 740 W. 13th Street Eugene, OR 97402 (541) 682-4242 www.lanecountyhistoricalsociety.org (in the museum store section) |
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Between Land & Sky:
A Fire Lookout Story 2007, Outskirts Press, paperback, 140 pages, ISBN: 1432704397 "I have always wanted to work as a fire lookout." Dixie Boyle went on to be a lookout and history teacher for twenty years, spotting fires in New Mexico, Oregon, Wyoming and South Dakota. She lives on a ranch in central New Mexico and staffs Capilla Peak Fire Lookout in the Manzano Mountains during fire season. Her book weaves the history of fire lookouts with the land, people and experiences associated with the towers she has worked. Available from bookstores, the publisher, or Amazon.com |
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Fire Tower
By Jack Kestner First published in 1960 by Funk & Wagnalls; republished in 2007 by Clinch Mountain Press. Paperback, 160 pages, ISBN : 9780972476546 $12.00 plus $3.00 S&H and .60 tax for Virginia residents Young Duncan Akers takes on a big challenge while recuperating from a serious illness. He agrees to serve as a lookout at a remote fire tower high atop Clinch Mountain in Southwest Virginia. When not at his lofty post watching for smoke or cooking meals in his tiny cabin, Duncan explores the dark depths of the mysterious sandstone channels that are weather-carved into the earth below. He's just settling into the rhythm of life and work in the wilderness when suddenly two unexpected visitors appear -- a desperate escaped convict and a little girl he has taken hostage. Duncan's routine is disrupted in ways he could never have imagined. In short order a major forest fire threatens their lives as well as thousands of acres of pristine forestland he is determined to protect. Available in book stores in the Abingdon, Virginia, area or from this website: www.clinchmountainpress.net |
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Eyes of the Forest
by Vivian Demuth 2007, Smoky Peace Press, paperback, 308 pages, ISBN: 9780968562352 "Demuth's novel is a breath of fresh air. Her prose is wonderfully descriptive and confident, an ode to nature in its primal form. City dwellers such as myself are reminded of what we do not know about the wild, and what we are all at risk of losing in our shortsightedness."--Kaylie Jones, author of A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries Vivian Demuth's novel Eyes of the Forest engages the greatest issues of our age without pretension through the eyes of both human and non-human life. Set in Canada's boreal forest, the fire lookouts, tree planters, loggers, and oil patch rounders inhabit a narrative that raises the stakes to Planet Earth itself. Here are women sketching their identities on the front lines of an ecological and ideological battle--robust, soulful, revolutionary women, harbingers of a new mythology. Some of the men are lost or searching souls, ghosts of that dying culture of Adam's right to dominion. At the heart of it all, a young man and a young woman struggle for a love as beautiful and precarious as the wilderness around them. Passionate, exotic, and slightly apocalyptic, the novel challenges that American myth of "taming the West." Available online from Amazon.com |
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Between Forest and Sky:
A Fire Tower Journal by Sharon Stratton 2006, Heritage House, paperback, 224 pages, ISBN: 1894974166 The author's enthusiastic and beautifully described account of her experiences as a fire-tower observer in Alberta reveals a simple, satisfying lifestyle. "From the time I learned to climb the tree in the family backyard, my path always brought me to the peace of the forest." Always attracted to the outdoors, she had applied to be a fire-tower observer five times before she was finally accepted. She headed to the forest with only her dogs for company to lead a seasonal, largely solitary life of oneness with nature and immense responsibility. Her story reveals in intriguing detail how fire-tower observers live, shedding light on the community of observers stationed in towers and lookout sites throughout the boreal forests. Through her words, it's possible to experience the rush of adrenaline she feels when she spots and reports fires from atop her 100-foot tower, and to discover with her the beauty and diversity of the flora and fauna. Signed copies available by contacting June Stratton at jstratton2@cogeco.ca or (905) 357-4098. Also available through bookstores and on Amazon.com |
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Fish Creek
A Western Adventure by Robert Lodder 2005, 224 pages, 6' x 9" paperback ISBN:1420861301 Bob Lodder put pen to paper to tell of his adventures as a boy growing up and then as a young man and his desire to see America and the world. While in college at Cornell, he spent the summers of 1960 and 1961 in the US Forest Service on the Nez Perce National Forest near Grangeville, Idaho. Most of the experiences in this account were lived during this time. His fire fighting experiences and his life at Fish Creek Lookout led to his questioning of accepted forest practices then being used as well as questioning man's ability to live with his fellow man and to control his own outcome. He was the last lookout to staff Fish Creek. Order from Bob Lodder, 12 Prospect Street, Trumansburg, NY 14886, tburgtoys@fltg.net, 607-387-7891. $15.50 each includes shipping and handling. |
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Adirondack Hikes in Hamilton County
by Peter Klein Peter Klein, a reporter for the Hamilton County (NY) News, has recently published a hiking guide to trails in the Adirondacks of Hamilton County, appropriately titled: “Adirondack Hikes in Hamilton County” ISBN # 1411675142 It is the first published hiking guide aimed only at trails and attractions in Hamilton County, NY. In addition to being a trail guide, the book offers tips on many outdoor activities, state campgrounds, local chambers of commerce and who to call in an emergency. Klein says, "The hikes listed are hikes I have taken with my "hiking buddies," my granddaughters, who have kept me young and have provided me the needed excuse to get out and enjoy the woods. Most of the hiking stories have previously appeared in "The Hamilton County News". Many readers of the paper have suggested over the years that I should put the hiking stories together in book form. and this guide is the result." Available online at Amazon.com |
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Fire Lookouts of the NorthWest
By Ray Kresek Third Editon Features every lookout site (3,133) in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana! Revised edition has over a thousand new facts! 414 pages, 590 Photos! Currently Out of Print Check for future Availability on Ray's Website Also Available - FIRE LOOKOUTS OF THE NORTHWEST Lookout Inventory - Revised 2012 by Ray Kresek. Nearly 400 of the 3,303 lookout sites in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana are updated with the latest status compiled in this 84-page book that complements Fire Lookouts of the Northwest. Proceeds go to the non-profit Fire Lookout Museum. $15.00 check or money order to: Fire Lookout Museum, 123 W. Westview, Spokane, WA 99218, 509-466-9171 rkresek@comcast.net www.firelookouts.com |
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Adirondack Fire Towers, Their History and Lore
The Northern Districts by Marty Podskoch Adirondack Fire Towers: Their History and Lore, the Northern Districts published by Purple Mountain Press of Fleischmanns, NY, covers the history and lore of the twenty-five state and one private fire towers in the northern part of the Adirondack Park that includes St. Lawrence, Franklin, Clinton, and Essex counties. Included in the book are many hundreds of human interest stories the author has gathered in personal interviews, and hundreds of photographs both historical and contemporary that give intimate details of the lives of these courageous denizens of the deep woods. Bears abound! Danger flashes down in lightning bolts that fry telephones and make hair stand on end! Porcupines gnaw everything! Families survive nicely in tiny cabins, and always the towers stand and sway in wind and rain staffed by men and women dedicated to preserving our precious wilderness. The 350-page, large-format book is available in local stores in a paperback edition. More information and ordering information can be found at his website - http://www.adirondackstories.com/otherbooks.html |
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Adirondack Fire Towers, Their History and Lore
The Southern Districts by Marty Podskoch Published by Purple Mountain Press of Fleischmanns, NY, covers the general history of the state fire prevention system from the late 19th century to the 1980s, when the role of the towers was diminished as air surveillance took over the function of fire spotting at reduced cost. Eventually, all of the towers were closed and many were removed, but recently several communities have restored their towers to be once again an attraction to hikers and a source of knowledge about the region. Ordering info: The 256-page, large-format book is available in local stores in a paperback edition. More information and ordering information can be found at his website - http://www.adirondackstories.com/otherbooks.html |
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Fire Towers of the Catskills, Their History and Lore
by Marty Podskoch Ordering info: ISBN: 1930098103 Purple Mountain Press, 2000 More information and ordering information can be found at his website - http://www.adirondackstories.com/otherbooks.html |
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Adirondack
Civilian Conservation Corps Camps Hisitory, Memories, & Legacy of the CCC In 2006 Marty Podskoch turned from chronicling the history of fire towers in the Adirondacks to gathering information on the CCC camps in the Adirondacks. Over the next five years Marty traveled to towns in and around the Adirondacks and gave presentations on the CCC camps. CCC alumni, their families, and friends shared their stories and pictures. More information and ordering information can be found at his website - http://www.adirondackstories.com/otherbooks.html |
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360 Degrees
A Guide to Vermont's Fire and Observation Towers by The Green Mountain Club This guide to Vermont's twelve remaining fire towers and five observation towers will take you above the trees to some of the best panoramic views in the Green Mountains. Whether you are looking for a short walk to the modest two-story observatory on Prospect Hill in Brownington or a 22-mile backpacking trip to the remote fire tower on Glastenbury Mountain, you will find driving directions to the trailheads, parking information, trail descriptions and mileages, maps and estimated hiking times. This book can be purchased though the Green Mountain Club's Web Site |
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Looking Out for Our Forests
The Evolution of a Plan to Protect New Hampshire's Woodlands from Fire by Iris W. Baird History of fire protection in NH based on unpublished materials. This is a story of those men and women who had a hand in creating New Hampshire's forest protection system. Many of these unpublished materials, much of which have been tucked away in various files and archives, tell a story a bit different from the one we've heard over the years. Cooperation, between the lumbermen and the conservationists, the resort hotel operators and the foresters, the Grangers and the ladies of the Garden Clubs, is the theme here. Ordering info: $20.00 + $2.00 shipping. Available from Iris W. Baird, 11 Richardson Street, Lancaster, NH 03584. |
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A Field Guide to New Hampshire Firetowers
by Iris W. Baird and Chris Haartz Second Revised Edition The second edition of the Field Guide to New Hampshire Firetowers is an update of the book she and NH FFLA Director Chris Haartz put together for the 1992 FFLA conference. The guide provides a weath of information on the current inventory of New Hampshire Fire Towers. Ordering Info: $5.00 + $1.50 shipping Available from Iris W. Baird, 11 Richardson Street, Lancaster, NH 03584. |
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TOIYABE PATROL
Five U.S. Forest Service Summers East of the High Sierra in the 1960s by Les Joslin There were no fire lookouts on the Bridgeport Ranger District of the Toiyabe National Forest when FFLA member Les Joslin started work there in the summer of 1962--and there still aren't. But that didn't stop Les from detecting fires -- a job he did his freshman season on the district's three-man fire crew and during the four following summers he served as the district's fire prevention guard. Toiyabe Patrol is Les' recently revised and enlarged edition of the original 1993 book in which Les shares those five U.S. Forest summers in a very different time not too long ago. In 120 pages illustrated by 65 now-historic photo-graphs, he takes you back to the Forest Service of the 1960s when a staff of four--a district ranger, a range conservationist, a forestry technician/fire control officer, and a district clerk--and summer crew of about ten did it all on a half-million acre eastern Sirra Nevada ranger district. Order online from Wilderness Associates |
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Walt Perry: An Early-Day Forest Ranger is
New Mexico and Oregon by Walter J. Perry, edited by Les Joslin This is the amazing story of Walt Perry (1873-1959) who, after working at many jobs -- most notably at mining and logging in Mexico -- found his "real life's work" in the U.S. Forest Service. A graduate of the "school of hard knocks," this rough and ready gentleman of intelligence and integrity served on national forests in New Mexico and Oregon from 1910 to 1936 and epitomized the pioneer forest ranger. Along the way, he served with many of the Forest Service's best and brightest as he rose through the ranks to become a respected member of the forestry profession. This unique book was reviewed by Gifford Pinchot biographer Char Miller in the November 2000 Journal of Forestry. Published in 1999, 205 pages, 32 historic photos, ISBN 0-9647167-2-0, only $10.00 per copy postpaid. Order online from Wilderness Associates |
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UNCLE SAM'S CABINS
A Visitor's Guide to Historic U.S. Forest Service Ranger Stations of the West by Les Joslin Revised and enlarged edition of Uncle Sam's Cabins. The original edition, long sold out, contained the stories of 75 historic ranger and guard stations. This new, revised, enlarged edition has 92 (including the one that's served its purpose at three locations since 1933 and inspired this book). The 333 pages include 260 historic and current photographs and eight maps. Order online from Wilderness Associates |
Two Guidebooks by
writer and hiker Dennis Nicholls feature many trails leading to lookouts and lookout sites in the inland Northwest Cabinet and Selkirk Mountain Ranges. Available from book stores or online at: Amazon.com (Left) or Amazon.com (Right) |
Trails of the Wild Cabinets and Trails of the Wild Selkirks
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The Fire Observation Towers of New York State - Survivors That Still Stand Guard
Recently, FFLA member Paul Laskey completed a three year project resulting in the publication of "The Fire Observation Towers of New York State", subtitled: "Survivors That Still Stand Guard". The book looks the history of New York States' fire tower program and documents all the towers that currently remain standing in the state. There are 58 towers included with technical data, history, current photographs, directions and a trail narrative included on each. The large-format paperback edition is $19.95 plus $2.00 for shipping from: Mary Laskey 5019 Fairground Ave Ballston Spa, NY 12020 It is also available in bookstores - ISBN: 0974620408 |
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The Call Of Katahdin -
Life in Werler's Woods Ed Werler and his wife Mary Jane were camping in the north woods of Maine when Ed first saw Mt. Katahdin. The mountain spoke to him, inviting him to begin the life his spirit had longed for, a life lived close to nature. Ed went back home, quit the best job he'd ever had, packed MJ and their two dogs Mickey and Pepper in the car, and headed north to his new job at the fire tower on Daicey Mountain near Katahdin, after which he became a park ranger at the Baxter State Park. Ed Werler heard the call of Katahdin and answered it. This is Ed's story. Copies are limited and can be ordered from: Cranberry Knoll Publishers PO Box 1317 Yarmouth, ME 04096 $14.95 plus $3.00 for shipping (ME residents add 5% sales tax) For more information, email Ed at ewerler@tidewater.net |
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Mount Shasta's BLACK BUTTE by Jane English & Bonnie Eddy Stories - History - Art - Geology - Photographs Mount Shasta's Black Butte, edited by writer Bonnie Eddy and well-known photographer Jane English, is filled with stories, history, art, geology and photographs of this unique little peak that, were it not in the shadow of Mount Shasta, would be a well known landmark in its own right. Includes many stories about the fire lookout that used to be on this mountain. For ordering info, contact the publisher at jane@eheart.com |
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Climbing the Ladder Less Traveled
by Joe Bill Captured by the author are the life experiences and insights of 18 remarkable lookouts. Their stories are fascinating and often humorous. Their memories of the past will appeal to those intrigued with the Wild West, while their lives in the present offer great insight into the protection of our wilderness. ISBN: 0971778108 Published by Mountain Forest Publishing $12.95 + $2.05 s/h = $15.00 per book Mountain Forest Publishing 12240 N. Barrel Cactus Way Fountain Hills, AZ 85268 Email: jbill@cox.net |
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THIS IS OUR FOREST
by Harold E. Coffman A Collection of Stories from a Lookout-Smokechaser who worked in the Bitterroot Mountains of Montana and Idaho ISBN: 0971554005 printed by: Morris Publishing, Kearney, NE Published by HalMar Publications $11.95 + $2.95 s/h = $14.90 per book Check or Money Order HalMar Publications 10453 W Highwood LN, Sun City, AZ 85373-1947 (623) 977-1460 |
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Hiking the North Cascades
By Dr. Fred Darvill, Jr. Hikes to twenty lookouts and lookout sites are included in this guide to over a hundred of the author's favorite trails in the region! An in-depth accounting of the cultural and natural history of the region is also provided. (available in bookstores - ISBN 0811727912) or online at Amazon.com |
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Go Tell it on the Mountain
A Collection of Lookout Writings Compiled By J. Johnson Maughan Hardcover - $22.00 includes shipping Order from: J. Johnson Maughan Box 8264 Pocatello, ID 83209 ISBN:0811707385 Stackpole Books, 1996 Click here for the authors webpage. |
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Snow Camp Lookout
View with a Room Mouse Included By David Calahan Scott McKay (Illustrator), Barbara Kostal (Illustrator) ISBN: 0961980818 This book is currently **OUT OF PRINT** but may be available online at Amazon.com |
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How to Rent a Fire Lookout in the Pacific
Northwest By Tom Foley and Tish Steinfield Updated Second Edition A Guide to Renting Fire Lookouts, Guard Stations, Ranger Cabins, Warming Shelters and Bunkhouses in the National Forests of Oregon and Washington ISBN:0899971954 Wilderness Press, 1996 Wilderness Press, Berkeley, CA Available in bookstores or online at Amazon.com |
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Smoke Chaser
By Warren Yahr ISBN:0893011800 University of Idaho Press, 1995 Lookout experiences during the 1940's in Idaho's remote Clearwater National Forest. Available in bookstores or online at Amazon.com |
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Mountains of Memory
A Fire Lookout's Life in the River of No Return Wilderness by Don Scheese Mountains of Memory is a memoir, an intellectual biography, and an environmental history. In the name of creative license, Don Scheese hascompressed time and transposed places to make it appear as if the events of the book took place in a single season at Ruffneck Lookout in Idaho's Challis National Forest, but he draws from a dozen seasons as a lookout at six stations including Idaho's St. Joe Baldy, Horse Mountain, and Oregon Butte, as well as Ruffneck. Mountains of Memory is available at bookstores or directly from the University of Iowa Press by calling 1-800-621-2736 or online at www.uiowapress.org. ISBN: 0877457840 paper, 0877457832 hardcover University of Iowa Press; 256 pp, Nov. 2001 |
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Views from on High: Fire Tower Trails in the
Adirondacks and Catskills by John P. (Jack) Freeman 28 fire tower trails in the Adirondack and Catskill Parks, with directions, tower condition, historical information, anecdotes, maps, and photos. 160 pages. Order from Adirondack Mountain Club, 1-800-395-8080 or online at - http://www.adk.org/product.php?pid=26&pname=Views from on High ISBN:0935272968 Adirondack Mountain Club, 2001 |
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Across the Snowy Ranges: The Lewis and Clark Expedition in Idaho and Western Montana
by James R. Fazio ISBN:0961503149 Woodland Press, 2001 This book published by Woodland Press is the story of the Lewis & Clark Expedition in the most difficult part of the entire route to the Pacific, through the mountains of Idaho and Montana. This day-by-day interpretation was written by James R. Fazio, complete with numerous sidebars providing interesting insights on topics ranging from Sacagawea's name to Peace Medals to lookout towers you can rent. Over 90 color photos, mostly by professional photographer Mike Venso, with 8 accurate maps by trail researcher Steve Russell. 204 pp., hardback Order online at Woodland Enterprises |
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The Forest Ranger who could
by Gilbert W. Davies A novel about the early years of the U.S. Forest Service ISBN:1887200096 HiStory ink Books, 2003 Available on Amazon.com |
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Lookouts: Firewatchers of the Cascades and Olympics (2nd edition)
by Ira Springwith Byron Fish An inspiring history of the fire-protection lookouts built and manned over a thirty-year period History of 75 fire-protection lookouts, more than 200 photos from archival and personal collections, and selected access information by Ira Springwith Byron Fish ISBN:0898864941 The Mountaineers Books, 1996 Available in Bookstores or online at the Mountaineers Books website |
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Allegany Hellbender Tales
by Larry Beahan Collection of stories of Allegany State Park, including summit firetower ISBN:0970310412 Coyote Publishing of WNY, 2003 Available in Bookstores Order from: Larry Beahan 716-839-3112 Email - larry_beahan@roadrunner.com |
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Poets on the Peaks: Gary Snyder, Philip Whalen, Jack Kerouac in the North Cascades"
Text and Photographs by John Suiter ISBN:1582431485 Counterpoint, 2002 A beautifully illustrated portrait of Beat icons Jack Kerouac, Gary Snyder, and Philip Whalen and the years in the Cascades high country that shaped their lives and work Available in Bookstores or online at Amazon.com |
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Nehasane Fire Observer
An Adirondack Woman's Summer of '42 by Frances Boone Seaman ISBN:0971306966 Nicholas K Burns Publishing, 2002 Available in Bookstores or from Burns Publishing 1-866-738-1890 |
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The Dragonfly of Lookout Mountain
by Judy Hatch A dragonfly is born in a pond and flies to a mountaintop where it meets a young woman who is a fire lookout. A journey through the seasons and the dragonfly's life cycle. ISBN 0-934747-42-3 See the Webpage for ordering information: https://eheart.com/BOOKS/dragonfly/index.html |