We are fortunate for the 2-3 in. of rain that fell on this fire, as its reduced to slow creeping or smouldering stumps and logs, with no crown fires. ...

This article does say that the FS employee who had this worked in several NW National Forests, including the Mt. Hood. I'm wondering if any of these e...

Do you have any dating on this sign ? It has been many the decade since the FS has made signs like this. Do you have the actual sign or just this phot...

I drew a line in Google Earth to get an idea if the 20,000 ft. length is real. Sure enough, it could come out just below Big Bottom. At the time of th...

There is some newish signs put up by the FS a few years ago. One is just before you start climbing up Mt. Lowe. The trail on Rhododendron Ridge from a...

Its well worth a try. You can't tell from town, and only those who have been up can clue us in. The Forest Service tries, but it always seems out of d...

You are correct on the initial FS response to wilderness area fires. The same response happens with other agencies, and not just with fire. I guess th...

I concur that there is really nowhere for a cabin that size to go, as its a knife-edge peak. There is no sign of a structure ever having been up there...

The only time I have ever seen a cougar was in the district, back sometime in the early 1990's. For a reason I cannot recall I was driving up the Fish...

In the post Historical Items of interest | Old Lookout Photos on the sidebar there is a link to Collowash Mountain, which shows it is most likely a se...

This talk looks interesting: Wednesday Oct. 19 6:30-7:30 p.m. "Fire Lookouts of Oregon" book talk with author Cheryl Hill at the Museum of the Oregon...

kirk said Here's a map snippet that suggests there was a lookout on Collawash Mountain. Is it a cartographic error? (Edit: Yep, it looks like they m...

These project failed long ago due to economics, not because of the environmental damage they would undoubtedly cause. When the Bonneville Power Admini...