Northwest Montana Lookout Association
Restoring & Preserving Fire Lookouts in Northwest Montana
This PDF contains a snapshot of our previous website to preserve information about the work of NMLA over the years. Some images and descriptions may be split between pages, but without the original images and files, it would be impossible to recreate exactly. Please contact us if you have further questions. 2019 Completed ProjectsDownload
listen here Greg describes his experiences working at Jumbo Lookout in the Flathead National Forest for a year during the 1960s. He talks about why he chose to become a lookout, then describes where the lookout was located, traveling to it by horseback, and what sorts of commodities it did and did not contain. Morley …
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This PDF contains a snapshot of our previous website to preserve information about the work of NMLA over the years. Some images and descriptions may be split between pages, but without the original images and files, it would be impossible to recreate exactly. Please contact us if you have further questions. 2018 Completed ProjectsDownload
listen here To listen to a shortened (~15 min), AI-created podcast please click here. Kjell talks about staffing the Snow Peak and Beaver Ridge lookouts as a U.S. Forest Service employee, starting in the late 1960s. He recalls how his lookout was struck by lightning three times in one afternoon, hauling water, almost calling in …
listen here Kay describes her experiences working with her husband Keith at Numa Ridge and Apgar lookouts in Glacier National Park. She tells how she and Keith came to Montana in part because he loved the outdoors. She talks about their friendship with the Park’s ranger Adolph Opalka and his wife Marian, who mentored the …
listen here Cathy speaks of growing up in the Canal Zone in Panama, and moving back to the United States at the age of 13. She describes her college studies, in both California and Montana, and her move to Montana. She further accounts how she and her husband applied to work the Hubbard Lookout and …
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