The Keller Peak Fire Lookout interview was conducted in August for September publication. Unfortunately the Keller Peak Fire ...

The Line fire, which erupted Sept. 5 in Highland, has burned nearly 37,000 acres, forcing evacuations in many communities and ...

But the few remaining fire lookouts of the US Forest Service often live and work for weeks at a time on their own, scouring the horizon for any hint of smoke from remote lookout towers.

Keller Peak Fire Lookout, Big Bear: Images show the historic lookout was burned by the Line fire. The lookout was east of Running Springs and is reported to be the oldest fire lookout in the San ...

People camping in the Brice Creek, Sharps Creek, Champion Creek, Bohemia and Fairview Peak ... Lookout Campground and Saddle Dam Boat Launch are closed. The Homestead Complex Fire, a group of ...

the fall of Keller Peak Fire Lookout has saddened community members and volunteers who were preparing to celebrate the tower’s centennial. The 98-year-old fixture outside Running Springs was the ...

With an elevation at 7,882 feet, the Keller Peak was the oldest lookout tower in the forest before it was destroyed in the Line fire that erupted in early Sept. 2024. (Photo by Watchara Phomicinda ...