WILDFIRE DESTROYS Historic British Columbia Lookout
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- Опубликовано: 9 окт 2024
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On August 17th, 2023, the Nahatlatch Fire Tower burned down in the Koopiki Creek wildfire in British Columbia. This is my story, and previously unreleased footage from the tower.
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Absolutely. 🙌🏻
I've been up there a few times and you guys did a wonderful job maintaining it. The real tragedy is that the Kookipi fire was under control and being fought by the fireman billeted in Boothroyd until they were redeploy elsewhere. So many properties and lives, rip.
@@fknfreddy5625I never saw any posting that the fire of note was “held”. all bulletins said out of control and evacuation alerts/orders remained active.🤷♂️
@@blueman5924 the fire was under control around the 9th of Aug. Fireman were pulled out of the area at that time even though the fire was still burning. I know this because a family member was feeding the firefighters and obvious keeping up with what the people on the line were saying. Someone should be held accountable but unfortunately that is a rarity nowadays.
(edit, the fire was 1st spotted on July 8/2023. Just a fyi)✌️
This is absolutely beautiful, Shaun! Thank you.
As the lead volunteer organizer of building this tower in 2012, and as President of the Four Wheel Drive Association of BC which lead this build and the maintenance over the 11 years since the build, I have so many memories of this place, all of them incredibly positive.
Separate from my involvement and that of my family here; I have spent time with my wife here watching meteor showers and time with my son beginning a very memorable off-road adventure. I have spent time there myself contemplating serious situations in my personal life and have made important decisions there. A piece of advice that I picked up from local First Nations was that very important decisions should be made on top of a mountain. This is very true I have found.
What I didn't expect from watching this video was the emotion that Brenda and I experienced! Holy cow, the tears flowed.
Thank you so much for capturing all of this. I can't imagine it being expressed any better. This is a wonderful tribute!
Thank you, Kim! And thanks for being a part of the video.
Thank you for your due diligence in making sure it stands. God bless you and the volunteers, much love from the lower 48!
If it's rebuilt I would consider using Kentucky logs. They look great and are made of concrete so they are fire proof. You stain them once and they are good for life. Also I would clear cut everything back 100 yards. You people did a fantastic job. Thank you
I've not spent time at the tower it's self. But I have spent 12+ years driving and camping nahatlatch... spending time there to decompress and escape stress. I've also given my little ones their 1st camp trips there... so much emotion also. I drove the road today (think the guy at the tent was supposed to stop me) it's truly sad the place doesn't look or feel the same
As an ex bcfs eng try changing the skirting over to hardy board or metal and change the perimeter deck to metal grip strut. No wood for at least the first meter above ground. Also the lightning protection system will be super important on the replacement now that the trees are gone. BCFS used to put radio repeaters in old lookouts and had issues with lightning unless this was done. Back in the day the view line would have been kept clear both for obeservation and radio signals. So the lookout grounds were really bare, and a bit more fire resistant , not that they would have survived that rank 5 burn. Look out drawings still exist on some retirees home collections.
This was a wonderful episode. Your narration, the filming, the history and especially the progression of your story. From the beginning to now, you’ve taken all of us on a journey. Please continue your adventures, be safe and keep bringing us with you.
Tears streaming down my face as I watch this. Such a beautiful tribute. There is just something so special and so sacred about this place...not just the fire tower but the entire Nahatlatch area. I felt a similar connection the first time I was invited up to the Nahatlatch by friends of ours who own a cabin up there and I knew that someday I had to have a cabin up there as well. That was about 20 years ago, and we bought the cabin next to our friends' cabin about 6 years ago. It was a dream come true and now we are watching with broken hearts as fire ravages this beautiful area. Thanks again for sharing your story. Knowing how passionate we all are about the Nahatlatch, I know we will come out of this stronger than ever. We will be there with you to help rebuild the fire tower whenever that happens.
Thank you for sharing your story and the story of that Fire tower, community matters and I do hope there was no serious damage to other's during that fire. One day I will make it to BC from Utah, and I will put this on my list as I am sure it will be there again.
A beautiful tribute and display of your memories and emotions. Your story telling is impeccable. Prayers from Texas to you and all Canadians dealing with these wildfires. Y'all will rebuild and make new memories.
Shawn you are incredible. The story and pure honor of that tower and it’s iconic history is amazing. So many people current day and past put so much love and care for the land into it.
Your story does it so well. Absolutely love it.
This video made me cry hard.. Over here on the Island this year, we didn't come out of this fire season unscathed, like the rest of the province, we too have fires burning..
The first time I visited Nahatlatch, was before we left the mainland for Vancouver Island (the first time) it was a family adventure, we had the Baja Bug & the VW Rail buggy, the year was 1976.
I've never been back, procrastination has been my biggest limiting factor, until I moved to the Island permanently in 2020.. I am a member of the 4WDABC, and have been a member since 2018, when they rebuild I want to come along, although as for volunteering, I am pretty useless, with my knees being in the shape they are in, I cna't stand or walk very well anymore.
Great tribute buddy. It's a special place to so many. Perhaps the new rebuilt tower will have a self closing door.
Love that you showcase our beautiful country iam a diehard Canadian who loves his country dearly. Before I was put on the disability list i was a chef working in the oil and gas field and in the forestry for a local catering company who had the foresight to build these help portable field kitchens that we old fly in anywhere and produce meals out of these 8' × 14'kitchens for up 120 men 3 hot meals and a field lunch for as long as we could support the kitchen I flew these camps and set them up throughout Alberta and by for 12 years and have seen some of the most beautiful parts of Canada and before that I worked offshore in Canada's arctic and helped build Canada's north warning system throughout the Arctic and our country is the most beautiful place ever. The only thing I'm sad about is that now that I'm disabled and a single parent is that I'll never get to show my son his country because just cannot afford it. Great Chanel.
Beautiful tribute to a special place. I don't live there, but we are having our own issues with fires here in Oregon. Your storytelling helped me to feel what you and others who have visited the tower lost.
Beautiful video Shaun. My girlfriend and I were on evac order from the McDougal Creek fire when this happened. We had actually travelled to Hope to get away from the fires in our area and were staying at Emory Creek with plans to go visit the Nahalatch Lookout and Grizzly Falls for our first time. We had tried visiting earlier in the year however plans fell through. Your recent video on the group trip to Grizzly Falls brought forth new inspiration for us, so we figured why not wait out the suspense of our own local fire situation and travel to Hope to do some adventuring. We learned of the fire consuming the lookout on our drive to the campground :(. Devastating. Simply devastating. My heart goes out to all of the locals who also lost property and livelihoods in that blaze. I look forward to visiting it when the rebuild does occur.
Great tribute, Sean. Your passion is amazing, and as a new follower it was cool seeing your early work! (I’ll work my way through the back catalogue, don’t worry!).
I just wanted to say that all across our awesome country there are a few, but mighty, segment of outdoor enthusiasts that through their passion, love and devotion (and money!!) to the outdoors keep places like these around for future generations. Wether you’re a hiker, camper, off-roader, hunter, angler, etc., it is our duty to preserve and protect our natural resources.
Thanks so much for what you do, Sean. Good luck with the rebuild.
I was actually planning on heading up there that day with my son as well, as we've never been there before, thank god we didn't but I'm sure officials would have had that area closed off before then. I always see the photos of how beautiful it is up there. I already volunteered to help rebuild the tower and to help residents in the Nahatlatch Valley area.
heartbreaking! I was just in Nahatlatch a month ago and wanted to visit the fire tower. So sad. Thank you for making this episode. Stunning cinematography, fantastic storytelling, wonderful editing. I think its your best episode yet! I joined the Four wheel drive association of BC because of it! Im going to do the 4X4 course as well! Thanks again for the inspiration. Subscribed for life! Cheers!
There's a nostalgia that comes with fire towers and the little history each has, short and sweet. I wish we still had fire watchers, even if it were just from a historical aspect. I'd be on that list to join!
This was a wonderful episode. It was because of your videos that my husband and I were introduced to the Fire Tower. And meeting you about a week before we drove out was a blessing. Thank you.
It was the first time I'd been on a mountain. The first time my husband and I went camping together. And his 50th birthday was just what he wanted.
Thank you for posting this.
Being from Creston B.C. remember going up there with my grandpa when I was little. He lived near crystal lake in a travel trailer working on the power lines flying helicopters. He always like going to far away places just to go fishing. Was always a long ride on the highway but once we got down there we had so much fun, went over there a few times. My dad also has been there a few times, living all over B.C. as a logger, he would tell stories about going there. This was a great video, thanks.😀🧡👉🏼🇨🇦
That is just terrible!😢 Really hope they can get these fires under control soon before much more is lost.
Love these videos! I think of the original people who blazed the trail to the location and built the original fire tower. I think of the volunteers who rebuilt it. . . and all the memories so many made there , like your first trip. Hope the club can rebuild it again and it will be restored for many more memories there! So grateful for your videos Shaun!
Thank you so much for this video Shaun! I had a serious car accident in May 2022, I was fortunate to walk away from but not without lots of work to get back to "normal". My car written off, my wife and I decided to get back into the 4x4 world (after selling my TLC 60 to @kimreeves2702 ) and we bought a Jeep Wrangler. In July 2022, The Nahatlatch fire tower was the first "long" adventure I would take in the new Jeep. I joined some new offroading friends and took my father in law up there. It was a wonderful adventure and I realized the fire tower was a part of history that I'd never really been aware of before. I had wanted to go back every since, but sadly didn't make it and for now, it's gone... The importance of that tower and location is not lost of course and when the time comes, I would love to swing a hammer or drag some lumber up there to help rebuild it.
Thank you for your story Shaun.
Thanks for this Shaun , I too have a deep connection to the tower ... my friend "Ron" and I went there a few times , one time overnight in October which we froze our butts off . Sadly my off road buddy Ron pasted away after that from Cancer but for me our memories of the many adventures like this place will never die .................................... 😢
As everyone has mentioned here the tower holds a special place for me as I only moved here 5 yrs ago. I was introduced to your channel and one of the first videos I ever watched was your Nahatlatch adventure and I had just bought my first Jeep 2dr JK. This was now my goal to get to this tower. On January 25 2020 I made it there only to have my breath taken away from the amazing views! Your videos are very inspiring and have given me a new path in life! Thanks for all that you do and keeping the inspiration and hope in all of us followers!
So sorry for your loss. Like my home Maui, the destruction wildfires do is unfathomable. When Mother Nature reclaims, there’s nothing you can do. I’m sick of the donkey’s and the conspiracy theories. You see how fast that tower was gone. Good luck, you’ll rebuild.
Now i see why your passion for fire Towers is so great. Awesome Video. Supporting yall from USA.
I never thought I’d be tearing up over a tower across the border from me over RUclips. Your storytelling and editing skills are incredible man. Make if you want to get my old Tahoe backed up and running and dump a couple thousand into it to make it an overlander.
It was enveloped and consumed so quickly. My alarm and respect for wildfires is greatly increased from watching this video. Thank you.
I had just got my 2020 Tacoma and got invited by BC4wd member to tag along with his group. I had my truck a couple of months and got my first few BC pinstripes from that trip. Drove from Harrison east FSR to the Nahatlatch Fire tower. I brought along my 12 year old daughter with me at the time for the adventure and glad I did as a memory was made as I watched her look over the valley from up on top of the tower. I have many pics I will treasure. I will signup to be a member
I just drove to nahatlatch lake today, the opened highway 1 through Boston bar yesterday. The destruction I saw on that FSR... almost made me cry, been camping there every year, for the last 12 years.
Appreciate you creating this episode. As a forestry worker in the late 1980’s I saw the condition of the tower degrade over time. When I heard that 4WDABC had rebuilt it, I made immediate plans to get back and was so incredibly impressed but the results of their efforts wen I visited a few years ago. Membership on the way and look forward to its 3rd incarnation! Thanks again - fantastic episode.
Great tribute Shawn. The 4WDABC has a lot of great volunteers and I am sure the lookout will be rebuilt when safe to do so. As a note to others, the association also maintains Cornwall and Lavina fire lookouts as well as about 18 rec sites.
Great story telling as always Shaun. I also love seeing the throw back shots to a much earlier time in your story. It's awesome to see the passion and excitement you held. No doubt you've been to the fire tower so many times over the years, but I bet it never looked as beautiful as the first time. No doubt others had the same experience and the tower will be rebuilt from this passion.
Boy the memories I had there !!! So sad tears my eyes I buried my dog near Nahatlatch lake it was our special place where we had great memories together lucky and I miss you buddy!!! Hits close to home thank you for sharing!!!
I've only visited Nahatlatch one time and it was not in my truck but a freinds truck on a guys weekend whitewater rafting at the small resort below, the group of guys i took up there were just amazed as we all are in our first time visiting the firelookout, it was a great experience to share with good friends!!
It's so good to hear everyone's memories we will rebuild!!!!
Shaun as usual a great video. It's amazing how you maintain the towers even though they are not used anymore. I posted in your last fire tower video her in New Hampshire USA we still use fire towers. It's amazing to see your 2016 video to today's content you haven't lost your passion for your channel. I don't like to rush my week away, but I always look forward to the next Monday for the next excellent adventure you take us on.
Well done, BC and northern Canada has been hit hard this year with wildfires, my heart and prayers go out to all those that have lost so much.
When you do rebuild you should use this video, some pics of the original Fire Tower as a historic memorial for those future visitors. Very well done and like Kim said, it can and (I believe) will be rebuilt for future visitors. Hope to run into you sometime out-n-about.
I am honestly impressed with that webcam! That is surprisingly durable to be able to withstand that fire for so long.
What’s even crazier is it still works! The housing just melted a bit.
@@TheStoryTillNow That's even more impressive. When the video faded out I figured that was probably when the camera died. Big wildfires can get around 2000° (1093° C) in the middle. The fact that it is still working after that is amazing.
Powerful. Brought a tear to my eye this one. An evocative place for many by the sounds of it. With the passion you and your interviewees show I’m sure it will be rebuilt as soon as it’s possible.
This sure brings back memories of riding dirt bikes up to the Promontory Mtn Lookout west of Merritt back in the 70's!
Some folks are so quick to want to ban motorized rigs in the back country, and the off road community are some of the first to rebuild. Great video. 🙏🏻
So sorry to hear this.
The Big Sur Sobranes fire here on the California Central coast overwhelmed the Nacamiento road fire station. The crew on duty had to go into fire survival shelters. They survived, but a lot of serious burn injuries. The station was on the top of the ridge.
A very touching story, I really appreciate you sharing your connection to this tower. So cool.
So sorry for your loss of such an amazing and iconic location. The video of the fire is devastating. Even though I am 77 years old I would like to help with the rebuild if I am still able at the time. SGTBIFF, THURSTON COUNTY WASHINGTON. 1997 JEEP TJ.
Very sad! Great video as always though. Your narration and story telling about the tower and your personal history with it really hits home.
I was there before the renovation when we were logging the Nahatlatch in 2005. Really a stunning place
Love the channel, love the content and Loved the tribute. Prayers for all affected. Looking forward to a video on the rebuild.
Thank you for sharing that story... what a loss, both the structure and the forest.
Thanks for this update Shawn and thanks for the Four Wheel Drive Association of B.C. for preserving places like this.
So saddened by this but will cherish my memories and will make new one helping to rebuild.
So glad to see some of the people who put there heart and soul into the fire tower. Woohooo Travis!!!!!
So many memories are made in Canadian and US western/mountain wildlands. I deeply appreciate your level head on this topic while being affected personally. Wildfire has been part of the mountain west ecosystems long before we arrived: terrifying, yes, tragic, occasionally. Yet, next week no one will ask why Gov. Desantis didn't do more to stop the hurricane Idalia, while many will accuse the Forest Service and other govt officials of not doing enough. Like every other natural disaster, we mourn then we move forward.
Peace.
Trees grow back.
Buildings can be rebuilt.
We must remember & continue to explore.
Love this episode ❤
Great video, Shawn. Watching this brought back memories of staying the night in that firetower under a star-filled night. Your story-telling abilities are getting on par with your driving and droning 😊
I had the opportunity to make the trip up to the lookout while visiting my sister's cabin in the valley just a few weeks before the fire. Sad to see it all gone now.
Great tribute. Technology has made fire lookout towers obsolete but they are part of the history of our forest. I congratulate your group on its efforts to maintain your lookout fir towers. I wish we had such groups in Oregon I would help. Keep up the good work.
All of your videos are incredible, but this might be my favorite TSTN video to date. Impeccable story telling and narration. Great job! I aspire to get to this level of video making one day.
Cheers! 🍺
😢wild fires suck. Sorry for your loss. We here in north Idaho are still on fire as well losing some of our area well used and loved exploring and recreation areas. a great story of community. Hopefully the land will let you rebuild after the fire.
Watching this while in Boston Bar.
I work for CP as a conductor. I am in Boston Bar/North Bend every other day. I love this area and the whole valley. I wish I had made my way to this tower in the past.
Seeing your videos of this tower I never knew you were only a couple km’s away from me off-roading! Very cool
Wow......
Thanks for the share, I'm sure you guys will get it done🤙👍
Been on my bucket list for some time. Thanks for the great video. Look forward to still being able to check that box one day. 4WDABC… you always do great work for this community. Stay awesome.
I can't believe so many places I spent this summer have been burned. My sister in Kelowna had to take shelter out of the city and all those hills to the west dotted with beautiful rec sites are now gone. 😟 Glad I made it up to Buchanan lookout in my 4x4 Sprinter before it too might disappear.
As a member for several years, I'm sad I never got to see the tower in person. I live on the other side of the province, but hope one day I can see it after the rebuild.
Awesome!
Incredible story Shaun!!! So sad this happened and so amazing the care taken by all of this beautiful establishment!!! At least you have your memories of it forever!!!! Love your content watch every one of your videos and envy every one! I take my Jeep out with the family on trips on weekends but could only imagine the things you’ve seen and places you’ve been i plan to get to lots of them in the future with my wife and 2 little boys!
I was in the North Shuswap on the bush creek fire the day the Nahatlatch Fire Tower burned down. It was definitely a blow to the wildlands community, as well as myself as an enthusiast offroader.
The very next day, our camp burned down.
😢
I live in Minnesota near Minneapolis and we can see the smoke in the air whenever there's a huge forest fire coming from Canada. 🇨🇦
I feel your pain. Wildfires in Colorado near my home claimed many historic sites and places I grew up with as a kid. Almost took my home and my place of work too. They were rebuilt. I'm confident you guys will get it done too. ❤
Phenomenal video & story Shaun....you guys have great passion.... Somehow I feel tied to that watch tower too after observing your videos for all these years now...I know y'all will rebuild it soon. Love yall 👍
My attention was drawn to this place by Iohan Gueorguiev - the 'Bike Wanderer' (if you don't know his channel 'See the World' you're missing something really special) - when he rode up and camped the night in between tree planting shifts, and I hoped to get up there sometime. So we lost Iohan a couple of years ago and now we lose the place before I got a chance to visit.. life really sucks sometimes..
This was an excellent tribute to one of my favourite places in BC. You gave it the send off it deserved. Time to rebuild so future generations can enjoy as much as I had.
Thank you Shawn
Thanks shaun ! Really loved this . I know ur passion for the fire towers! Praying for all off the people and natural beauty B.C has to offer . I've never been to B.C but I'll get there soon . Hope when I'm there I run into u . Love watching ur channel and u are an inspiration to me . I made a channel and I have a few videos I started. Haven't post any yet . Best wish keep doing what u are doing! Cheers.
This is the thing that saddens me the most about these wildfires. The history we lose. Not just these look-outs but hundreds of old cabins as well. What a shame. Same just happened down here near Osoyoos, it's a tragedy.
Amazing video! This is so inspiring. I literally just built a floor into my hyundai to camp. Your journey is amazing. God bless you.
Thank you for sharing this history. Our Beautiful British Columbia!
You've nailed your channel between filming, narration, and just how well put together it all is. Me and my father both watch it and its sickening to see such beautiful country destroyed by fire. Cheers and keep the chin up!
Thank you for letting us see 😢
Brother I live in Mt. Juliet TN, it would be an honor to join the the club even if I am never able to get there my self. Thanks for the stroll down memory lane. Well done from one outdoorsman/ adventurer to another.
I’d be lying if I said I didn’t tear up watching this this was one of my first major adventures in my Subaru forester before I started my lost fozz page thanks for this beautiful video
Thank you Shaun! Fantastic piece of Art and testament to this place. Just say when and would love to participate to rebuild it! Please share any of these early videos.
Thank you for making this. Been following along for a few years now and I think this is my favourite video you’ve ever posted. The emotion really came through in your voice and I could tell how special this tower truly was to you. #WeWillRebuild
Sorry Shaun. I sympathize with you having lived through numerous wildfires in California. It's heartbreaking. What I can tell you is that we always rebuild and overcome. Trees will grow again, and life will return.
Also I want to say you did an amazing job editing this video. That fire tower seems to have played a key part in the evolution of you and your channel. Seems like it was almost alive, a driving force for you. Beautiful edit.
Sad the Lookout was burnt and all the devastation to the local communities, brings back memories of when I used to staff and help maintain Fire Lookouts in Idaho and Washington. Would love to visit this place. Hope its rebuilt.
Beautiful video! Best of luck replacing the fire tower. Now that the fire burnt the tree line around the Fire Tower, I don't think the next tower will be in danger for years to come!
This. Radness. Following sadness. I had the same experience… one day. I’d love to help rebuild.
Now I get why you love that towers so much. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks! Stay safe man! 👍
Excellent video Shawn!
Thank you for this video! This was the place I took my brand new 4Runner, it was only two weeks old….
My heart goes out for you guys. Seeing this made a huge lump in my throat and eyes wet from tears that the tower which was so beautiful and the guys rebuilt to its glory is gone in a instant. I know you guys will rebuild and it takes time sometimes a long time for wounds to heal as in a fire like that. Memories live forever and I feel for you and the association and everyone there. It's sad but in time it will be back.
Shaun ( I hope I got your name right ) I'm not the best speller I live in the states in North Western North Carolina the High Country. We have beautiful places here but there it is jaw dropping. I will never be there because of physcial health problems in Arthritis but seeing what God created for us is true and inspriring. I have never seen such footage in videos as I have in these. Just like being there!
I have recently subscribed to your channel because of the overlanding adventures and the friendship and bondage from everyone who has the same interests and taste for the beauty that surround us. I used to go somewhat overlanding a long, long time ago but not to that extreme but it was very enjoyable and to find a place of peace and solitude sometimes along is something we need ever now and then. I had five Jeeps in my day and all were a blast. I miss each one but now I have a 2015 Dodge Ram 1500 Express Cap 4x4 and occasionally I still go out in search of place of beauty and solitude.
I love you guys. I enjoy all your videos and this one really hit me hard in the heart but my thoughts, wishes and above all prayers goes out to you and everyone in your can I say group.
Super great work with the footage that you provide. it is the ultimate the best i have seen yet. Again. my heart goes out to you guys and I know someday the tower will be rebuilt.
End of my too long comment. Enjoy everything.
Michael from North West North Carolina USA_____
You spelled my name right! :) Thanks for the thought out comment. I appreciate it.
Your telent never ceases to amaze me! This video gave me chills! Love to see the flashback to around the time when we met, flooded with memories of some great adventures. Looking forward to helping rebuild!
Thanks For The Ride ❤👍
Shaun...another great video from a different perspective. Sorry to see this beautiful tower has burned, but it just goes to show the impact being in nature can have on a persons soul. Thanks for sharing this special place with us and your personal journey.
If we ever decide to rebuild this, I'd like to come along and cook for everyone. I may not be a builder, but I love nature and am a good cook, and a well-fed troop is an effective troop.
Hope you guys get to rebuild soon. The fires this year have burned so much.
So sad to see the wildfire's destruction of an amazing lookout. Hope that one day it will be rebuilt to stand tall again. We really enjoyed the story, narration and filming of this, excellent work! and thank you for sharing. 👏Tom & Suzanne
Thank you
I'm sorry buddy.. looking forward to helping rebuild the tower.
let's go
Let me know when we can start rebuilding the tower have all the tools camping gear we can stay up there until it's done
If you need me for a Santa video I can play a really Jolly Santa.. plus I have a red Cherokee..
Such a tough year, this. It’ll get rebuilt. We WILL persevere. Thank you for this touching video.
I visited a few years ago. I only had a honda civic at the time so I hoofed it from the road. Beautiful view. Since then I've gotten into offroading. Me and my offroad buddy were gonna go visit it this year. Assuming my old 2wd crew cab Chevy would make the climb.
Sad news. I hope the community will manage to rebuild the fire tower!
Wow.. so sad. It's looks so green that fire could roar through such terrain. I had gotten reports of fire and smoke coming out of Canada and affecting the states.
Such an iconic structure and source of proud men and women utilizing it's importance to keeping forests from devastating fires.
So, never-give-up. You have a new purpose from the reforestation to a new fire tower.
excellent vid.