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Female Fire Finders of the American Forests
Standing guard atop a lookout tower dozens of feet above the forest floor, female fire finders, sometimes called “lady lookouts” have been helping to protect American forests since before World War I. Hallie Morse Daggett was the first female lookout … Continue reading
Posted in conservation, Environment, Forests, U.S. Forest Service, Uncategorized, Wildfire, women's history, World War II
Tagged Female fire lookouts, Fire Detection, Forest Conservation, Forest Management, Forest Service, Forest Surveillance, Lookout Towers, Margaret Evens, Mary Lockett, Medicine Bow National Forest, Osborne Firefinder, Roberta Eads, Spruce Mountain Fire Lookout Tower, World War I & II
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