******MINNESOTA FIRE TOWERS******

News page and up dates.

Up dated on:  10-3-18

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MN Chapter of the

FFLA

FFLA

JOIN THE FFLA TO READ WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD OF FIRE TOWERS AND RECEIVE THE QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER WITH YOUR MEMBERSHIP. FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE THE WEBSITE.

This web site was made by the Minnesota Chapter of the Forest Fire Lookout Association

Fire Finder table map.

Be a part of the past by visiting the Forest History Center (FHC) in Grand Rapids, MN.  For more information visit FHC web site:

 

http://www.mnhs.org/places/sites/fhc/

 

Recreated turn-of-the-century logging camp
After the exhibits, visit the logging camp where you'll find the camp blacksmith, saw filer, clerk, cook and lumberjacks. Then, board the moored river "wanigan," a floating cook shack used when the logs and men headed downstream to the mills. Then take a seat on the porch of a 1930s Minnesota Forest Service patrolman's cabin and lookout tower and hear about the ranger's important work protecting woodland resources.

 

 

Trails

Self-guided forest trails complete the story of life in the northern forests of Minnesota from ancient times to today.

 

New Exhibits
The Forest History Center has just opened new interactive exhibits and a renovated Visitor Center. The new exhibits include a state-of-the-art timber harvester simulator, a multimedia theater show about forest fires and many other interactive exhibits about the natural and cultural history of the forest.

List of MN Fire Towers in a PDF file for printing.

Forest Fire Lookout Assn.

Minnesota Fire Tower History

Old Photos From the Chippewa National Forest

Old Ranger Stations

1921 Minnesota Tree Fire Tower still standing.

Fire fighting today-CL-215

Forestry Art / Drawing

quam@paulbunyan.net

Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge

Fire Tower Store

Itasca Park Fire Tower

Chippewa NF wood Fire Tower in

Cass Lake, MN

Google map of the location of fire towers in Minnesota.  By Ken Jackson    1-30-09

Video interview of Rossalla Koppang from the Pinewood

Fire Tower.  9 Min.

To make a comment to Ken or for more information on FireTowers;   Click on the above.

Check out the 30 Min. video tour of the Forest History Center below, click the arrow just once to see the video..

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What’s new to the webpage: This is the 100 year centennial of the Minnesota Forest Service and to help celebrate the event, the MN Foresters Association has produced Commemorative Belt Buckle for sale.

Tom Kremer’s Fire Tower Web Page

Click on the above

DNR Fire Tower listing in PDF

Big Bog State Recreation Area, in Waskish, MN — Moving a fire tower to the park and opening day for the new Visitors Center and Fire Tower—Click on the above.

The Fire Towers of the Black Hills, S.D.  1hr Video