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As forest homes rise, keen eyes seek smoke
| Author: |
Harden, Blaine |
| Date: |
2002 |
| Periodical: |
The New York Times |
| Link: |
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/26/national/26FIRE.html?todaysheadlines=&pagewanted
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| Abstract: |
Federal and state forestry agencies, seduced by the mobility of fire-spotting aircraft and the cost-effectiveness of satellites and electronic sensors, stopped staffing most of the more than 8,200 lookouts scattered across the United States. Some especially scenic lookouts were rented to tourists, but many others were abandoned, vandalized or burned down.
The decades-old demise of the fire lookout, however, has been put on hold. As suburban-style homes are built ever deeper into the forests, fire experts are beginning to realize that people like can be the cheapest and most reliable way to prevent exurbanites from burning up the woods, their houses and themselves.
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