The Bitterroot Mountains seem to float above the smoky valley, their rough black peaks softened by haze. Sunset backlights the ridges, shooting shafts of light downward and outward making it ...

Vetter Mountain lookout is about a five-mile round-trip hike. When it's open, you'll be greeted by a panorama of L.A. and a seasonal volunteer who will teach you about the lookout's history.

After Bolan Mountain Lookout burned down, the U.S. Forest Service formed an alliance with a trails group to rebuild a popular Oregon lookout rental.

Lookout towers became an integral part of the nation’s firefighting apparatus following the devastating Great Burn of 1910 that torched 3 million acres across northern and central Idaho and ...

The sun sets behind Baptiste Lookout in the Flathead National Forest this past August. (Photo by Mark Hufstetler) This story was originally published by Montana Free Press. ... The Moaks, who staffed ...

The Moaks, who staffed Spot Mountain in Bitterroot National Forest in 2024, married in 1978 and have worked together in lookouts since 1980. “People told us that we would get divorced, being in close ...

The Sharrott Creek Fire started at 3:45 p.m. Friday due to a lightning strike that accompanied another big band of thunderstorms that moved through from the southwest. Due to the high winds caused by ...

In a little over an hour, the fire had burned an estimated 300 acres, and the Bitterroot National Forest ordered up air tankers and an incident response team. And for a while, the winds died and ...

Bitterroot National Forest has doused nine small fires recently.Forest officials reported on four small fires still ... Located 3.5 miles south of Lookout Mountain in the West Fork, 1/10 ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Bitterroot National Forest reported a new 40-acre wildfire on Sunday. The fire is burning three miles west of Lost Trail Pass, in the head end of Hughes Creek near Hughes Point ...

75 Lightning strikes Monday night started six new fires on the Bitterroot National Forest, but firefighters pounced, and assisted by water bucket drops by helicopters, firefighting engine crews, hand ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced on Wednesday a public scoping procedure and new environmental impact statement for recovering a breeding population of threatened grizzly bears in the ...