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Technology Replaces Fire Lookouts At The Forest Service

For about a century, the Forest Service has paid people to sit at the top of mountains every summer and watch for smoke. Technology is taking their place, but what is being lost in the transition?

Source: Technology Replaces Fire Lookouts At The Forest Service – NPR, 2019-08-26

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Posted on August 31, 2019Author CHouderCategories NewsTags forest protection, technology, U.S. Forest Service, wilfire

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