Collection Timeline

2015 to 2023

2015
Bill Moore Writes about his late-father Bud Moore's experience as a lookout on McConnell Mountain and the cyle of life and death wilderness.

2021
<strong>Built:</strong> 1933 or 1934<br><strong>Status</strong>: Abandoned<br><strong>Cabin:</strong> L-4<br><Strong>Other Resources:</strong><br><a href="http://nhlr.org/lookouts/us/id/basin-butte-lookout/">National Lookout Historic Register</a><br><a href="https://www.firelookout.com/id/basinbutte.html">Rex's Fire Tower Page</a>
Video of the inside of Basn Butte lookout
Old bed frame located outside Basin Butte lookout
American flag found in outhouse near Basin Butte lookout.
Panoramic image of Basin Butte lookout
<strong>Built:</strong> 1930<br><strong>Status</strong>: Abandoned in 1969<br><strong>Cabin:</strong> R4-D8<br><Strong>Other Resources:</strong><br><a href="http://nhlr.org/lookouts/us/id/chicken-peak-lookout/">National Lookout Historic Register</a><br><a href="https://www.firelookout.com/id/chickenpeak.html">Rex's Fire Tower Page</a>
Video of the Dixie Jumbo Fire taken by Jack Kredell
Podium in Chicken Peak Lookout
InciWeb map with layer of the Dixie-Jumbo Fires by the Northern Rockies International Incident Management Team
Picture of southern facing aspect of Chicken Peak
Theta image of Chicken Peak
<strong>Built:</strong> 1926<br><strong>Status</strong>: Staffed<br><strong>Cabin:</strong> R-6<br><Strong>Other Resources:</strong><br><a href="http://nhlr.org/lookouts/us/id/diablo-lookout/">National Lookout Historic Register</a><br><a href="https://www.firelookout.com/id/diablo.html">Rex's Fire Tower Page</a>
Bill Moore provides a detailed panoramic description of the Diablo Mountain view shed
Bill Moore gives the Keeping Watch team a demo on the Osborne Fire Finder while locked in by smoke from the 2021 Lolo Complex Fires.
Bill Moore discusses the influence his father, Bud Moore, has had on Forest Service policy.
Bill Moore discusses what is lost as the Forest Service and other agencies move away from lookout use.
Michael Decker and Bill Moore on Diablo Peak<br>Photo by Chris Lamb
Full interview of Bill Moore
Panoramic image of the interior of Diablo Mountain lookout
Ray Kresek gives the Keeping Watch team a tour of his fire lookout museum.
Ray Kresek discusses what is lost as the Forest Service and other agencies move away from lookout use.
Full Interview of Ray Kresek
Interior 360 degree image of Ray Kresek's L-6 backyard tower
Video of Patrick McMarron recording fire conditions in July of 2021 on Hells Half Acre Fire Lookout
Patrick McMarron discusses the importance of humans staffing fire lookouts
Full interview of Patrick McCarron
Panoramic image of the interior of Hells Half Acre lookout
Bill Moore tells the story of his father Bud Moore's time on McConnell Mountain as a lookout.
<strong>Built:</strong> 1919<br><strong>Status</strong>: Staffed<br><strong>Cabin:</strong> L-4<br><Strong>Other Resources:</strong><br><a href="http://nhlr.org/lookouts/us/id/pilot-peak-lookout/">National Lookout Historic Register</a><br><a href="https://www.firelookout.com/id/pilotpeak.html">Rex's Fire Tower Page</a>
The Huntley's talk about their time on Pilot Peak and Sheepeater Mountain, religion and lookouts, and a very memorable hike.
Full interview of Jim and Caroline Huntley
Jim and Caroline Huntley discuss what is lost as the Forest Service and other agencies move away from lookout use.
<strong>Built:</strong> 1932<br><strong>Status</strong>: Staffed<br><strong>Cabin:</strong> L-4<br><Strong>Other Resources:</strong><br><a href="http://nhlr.org/lookouts/us/id/ruffneck-peak-lookout/">National Lookout Historic Register</a><br><a href="https://www.firelookout.com/id/ruffneck.html">Rex's Fire Tower Page</a>
Andy explains that he began working on lookouts the year <i> A River Runs Through it </i> (1992) came out, and that its soundtrack "epitomizes the lookout life."
Andy Baca discusses what is lost as the Forest Service and other agencies move away from lookout use.
Don Scheese describes Wilderness as a human modified space
Andy Baca sitting on the catwalk of Ruffneck Lookout
Full interview of Andy Baca
Full interview of Don Scheese
theta image
<strong>Built:</strong> 1928<br><strong>Status</strong>: Staffed<br><strong>Cabin:</strong> R-6<br><Strong>Other Resources:</strong><br><a href="http://nhlr.org/lookouts/us/id/sheep-hill-lookout/">National Lookout Historic Register</a><br><a href="https://www.firelookout.com/id/sheephill.html">Rex's Fire Tower Page</a><br><strong>Photo Credit:</strong><br>United States Forest Service
Video of Betsy Booth describing a particuarly memorable storm on Sheep Hill Lookout
Betsy Booth discusses what is lost as the Forest Service and other agencies move away from lookout use.
Betsy Booth on Sheepeater Mountain and its indigenous history
Ed Allen gives description of the view from Sheepeater Mountain Lookout and talks about the ways that fire policy has shaped that view over the years.
Full interview of Betsy Booth
Full Interview of Ed Allen
Image of current Sheepeater lookout being constructed
Rhett Moak discusses calling in the Lynx Fire and being evacuated during the Eagle Creek fire
The Moaks discusses what is lost as the Forest Service and other agencies move away from lookout use.
Photo of Rhett Moak and her dog being evacuated during the Eagle Creek Fire
Photo by Mark Moak of Spot Mountain Lookout under the Milky Way
Photo of Spot Mountain Wrapped in Fire Resistant Material During the Eagle Creek Fire
Full interview of Mark and Rhett Moak
360 Image of the Spot Mountain Fire Lookout Tower
Video of Patrick McCarron discussing his time as a fire lookout on St. Mary's Peak.
Full interview of Patrick McCarron
Panoramic image looking at St. Mary's Peak fire lookout from a distance
Pam Aunan spots smoke from a permit burn
Pam Aunan discusses the landscape and history of Sundance Mountain Lookout.
Pam Aunan discusses her first experience on a lookout.
Pam Aunan discusses what is lost as the Forest Service and other agencies move away from lookout use.
Evening view from Sundance Lookout
The Osborne Fire Finder in the cabin of Sundance Lookout
Michael Decker and his dog, Trout, on Sundance Mountain
Full interview of Pam Aunan
Theta image of Sundance Mountain Lookout
Daryl Jones reads a poem inspired by Trinity Lookout
Full interview of Daryl Jones
Panorama of view from Trinity Peak Lookout
Mark Schreiter discusses his time in the Lochsa region of Idaho as a fire lookout.
Mark Shreiter explains what is lost as the Forest Service and other agencies move away from fire lookout use.
White stones left at War Eagle in rememberance of Mark Schreiter's Great Pyrenees dogs
Full Interview of Mark Schreiter
Mark Schreiter in front of War Eagle lookout

2023
Plaque remembering Idaho Senator Frank Church near Big Creek.
Jack Kredell with a Steam Donkey near Big Creek, Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness
Landscape of Dixie Jumbo Fire
Panorama of No-Business Lookout- date and photographer unknown.
Panorama of Sheep Hill lookout