How to Spot a Wildfire: Weighing Fire Lookouts and Technology
Officials say the future of wildfire detection is cameras. But in northwest Montana, solitary humans on mountaintops still do more than machines alone can offer.
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America's Fire Spotters Aren't Ready to Fade Away Just Yet
FLATHEAD NATIONAL FOREST, Mont. — If, on a hot, dry day a fire should break out within a certain 300,000-acre patch of northwest Montana, in an expanse of backcountry between the crest of the Whitefish Range and the glacier-carved peaks that hug the Continental Divide, there’s a good chance Leif Haugen will be the first person on Earth to see it. For the better part of an hour, he might be the only person. Haugen has worked for more than half of his 52 years as a fire lookout, scanning the larch
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Gerald J. Love
Gerald “Jerry” Love passed away on April 14th, 2022, at his home in Salol, Minnesota. His short battle with pancreatic cancer showed immense courage, strength and will to live to be able to watch his grandchildren grow. Though the battle was tough, he fought hard until the very end and passed away peacefully surrounded by his family. He was 64 years old.
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