Two and a half hours north of Sacramento — halfway from anywhere — an ancient metal and wood observation tower perches atop a hillside. For 92 years, someone has kept watch from the Colby Mountain ...
The tower, located north of Butte Meadows, has been closed since October of 2025 when the U.S. Forest Service announced its ...
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Mountain residents appeal fire lookout closure
BUTTE MEADOWS — A petition to ask the U.S. Forest Service to save the Colby Mountain Fire Lookout was among the ideas coming from a community meeting Saturday in this mountain town. About 30 people, ...
BUTTE MEADOWS — More than half of Ken Jordan’s life has been spent 40 feet up in a wildfire lookout tower, watching over the mountain communities of Butte Meadows and Jonesville, as well as the ...
PRICHARD, Idaho – The roof on the Little Guard Lookout leaked. The windows wouldn’t open. The outriggers, which hold up the heavy wooden shutters all summer, were splintering. Paint, siding, flooring ...
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