https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/california-news/wildfires-brush-fires-lookout-towers-california-idaho-oregon-montana/178747/

Decades-Old Fire Lookout Towers Are Still Crucial to Stopping Wildfires in the U.S. West

The Forest Service saw the need for early detection following deadly wildfires in 1910 in Idaho and nearby states that merged

Only about 400 of the original 5,000 lookouts remain, mostly in the West, after the Forest Service decided aircraft could replace them.

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