The Last of the Fire Watchers
Staffed fire lookouts, once ubiquitous in the West, have all but faded into obscurity. Deep in North Cascades National Park, Jim Henterly is still at it.
Staffed fire lookouts, once ubiquitous in the West, have all but faded into obscurity. Deep in North Cascades National Park, Jim Henterly is still at it.
A hike in the author's native Washington state gives perspective on half a millennium of persecution, and a home worth fighting for.
The new era of wildland firefighting is a war with no end in sight.
In one of America’s least visited national parks, I find my authentic self.