A Century of Sentries by Hunter D'Antuono for the Flathead Beacon
2026 Events
🌲 Pints for Peaks: Support Lookout Preservation! 🍻 Event Details Where: Trego Pub and Eatery When: Saturday, May 30th What: A community fundraiser where a portion of proceeds goes directly to lookout preservation. Live Music by DeepCreekUnion 🗺️ Meet the Board & Get Involved Several of our NMLA board members will be there in person! …
2026 Projects
Sign-up to volunteer as a backup for 2026 projects here. All 2026 projects and assessment slots have been filled by NMLA members. However, interested people can still sign-up as a backup at the link above. 2026 Volunteer Information GuideDownload Learn more about our 2026 projects below Assessments Glacier National Park Mount Brown Condition Assessment We …
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions How can I get involved? You can become a member of NMLA, donate, or volunteer for a summer work project. Details on our website. We also have volunteer opportunities throughout the year, including building our archives, oral histories and photo library, fundraising, social media, photography and grant-writing. We also occasionally have openings for new Board Members. Who owns the local …
2025 Newsletter
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2024-2025 Events
2024-2025 EventsDownload
Marli & Rick Davis
June 8, 2025 listen to a shortened (~15 minute), AI-created podcast of this interview here listen to the full interview here Rick and Marli Davis discuss their experiences as lookout staff for the Flathead National Forest on Cyclone Lookout from 1971-1975 and on Baptiste Lookout and again Cyclone as volunteers, from 2012 to the present. …
2025 Projects
Numa Ridge Lookout Assessment Built in 1934, Numa Ridge Lookout is located on the ridge west of Numa Peak, just north of Bowman Lake. Numa overlooks the North Fork of the Flathead River drainage. Numa is a standard wood frame, 14x14-ft house set on a 10-ft tower with catwalk. It is the most northern lookout …
Diane Boyd
February 9, 2025 listen to a shortened (~15 minute), AI-created podcast of this interview here Listen to the full interview Here Diane Boyd, a lookout veteran from the early 1980s, discusses being born and raised in Minnesota. She shares that she moved to Montana in 1979 for a Master's study on the only wolf in …
2024 Newsletter
2024 NewsletterDownload
Northwest Montana Lookout Association 