The Features page is a library of various feature articles from the FFLA magazine, videos and other items.
Lookout Network Feature Articles
Diary of a First Year Lookout-Glade Mountain 1964 (Colorado)
Lookout and Trail Adventures in Powell Ranger District, Idaho
My Summer Experiences of 1956 on Priscilla Peak Lookout (Montana)
On The Lookout – Prairie Reef 1945 (Montana)
Pyramid Mountain – Austin Post (Washington)
Featured Videos
Outdoor Idaho
Eyes of the Forest: Idaho’s Fire Lookouts Special
The Montana Experience: Stories from the Big Sky Country
“The Lookout”
Lemmon Rock Lookout, Arizona (2014)
As summer comes to a close, we look back at the peak fire season through the eyes of someone dedicated to protecting Arizona’s forests: fire spotter Mac Tippins at the Lemmon Rock Lookout in Arizona. Take the time to watch this 8 minute video as it really tells the story of the lookout. Lemmon Rock Lookout
Forestry Education Building Tour – Bemidji, MN (2014)
Take an 11 minute tour of the completed Forestry Education Building at the Beltrami County Fairgrounds, Bemidji, MN. The facility includes the Pinewood Fire Tower, relocated here from Pinewood MN back in 2004. Funding to move it came from generous private sources. Also onsite, is the newly built Forestry Education building, opened in 2013.
Dave Quam is your narrator and tour director in this video.
Fire Tower and the FEC building, Bemidji, MN
Hickory Ridge Tower, IN featured on PBS (2014)
FFLA Indiana Director Teena Ligman and member Dennis Goen are featured in this Journey Indiana PBS video.
Go down under with Paul Jones​ (2013)
Each workday through summer, Paul Jones drives to the top of a mountain, climbs a 40-metre tower and stares at the landscape. Hour after hour, day after day, he scans the horizon for smoke and fire down in Victoria Australia. See the story and video here.
A day in the life of a Fire Lookout​ (2013)
This video documents the (usually) very peaceful life of a fire lookout in the Gardner Lookout on the East Peak of Mt. Tamalpais in Marin County, California.
The evolution of the “Forestry Education Center” at the Bemidji County Fairgrounds in Minnesota​ (2013)
Video by Dave Quam:
FEC Ribbon Cutting for new Forestry Education Center, Bemidji, MN
Summer 2012 Slideshow – High Ridge and Table Rock lookouts​
Lookout Ken Jones has compiled a summer of photos from High Ridge and Table Rock lookouts. High Ridge Lookout is in the northern Blue Mountains near Tollgate, Oregon. Table Rock Lookout is also in the northern Blue Mountains in Washington, just a couple of miles north of the Oregon – Washington state line, about 20 miles east of Walla Walla, Washington. Table Rock sits on the western edge of the Wenaha-Tucannon Wilderness
Area and the eastern edge of the Mill Creek Watershed, which provides water to the city of Walla Walla. Both are in the Umatilla Nat’l Forest, Walla Walla Ranger District
Minnesota gets new fire tower​ (2012)
Video by Dave Quam:
Big Bog Recreation Area Fire Tower and opening Day for the Visitor Center  Â
A little lookout blast from the past with a 1961 episode of LASSIE
Lassie – Episode #245 – “The Fire Watchers” – Season 7 Ep. 26 – 03/12/1961