It’s unclear exactly when this happened, but at some point in the last year the rest of the lookout on Abbott Butte has collapsed. The lookout was included inside the boundary of the Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness in 1984 and had…
Silver Butte lookout gone
I learned today that the Oregon Department of Forestry tore down the Silver Butte lookout last June and replaced it with cameras. Silver Butte Lookout in 2006 (Ron Kemnow)
Bosley Butte lookout gone
Another one bites the dust. The Bosley Butte lookout burned down sometime earlier this year in what is suspected to be an act of vandalism. Since the Coos Forest Protective Association has a camera up there they don’t plan to…
One less lookout
I’ve learned that the Signal Tree Lookout on Kenyon Mountain was torn down in May. This is from the Autumn 2011 issue of Lookout Network (published by the Forest Fire Lookout Association). On May 26, log truck driver Rod Gould took…