Hill, John Peregrine2019-10-082019-10-082013-06https://hdl.handle.net/1794/24975108 pagesAlthough time, weather, and the lack of public visibility present great challenges in the preservation of historic fire lookouts, other issues such as preservation policy and incoherent trends in lookout preservation contribute to the vanishing state of these purpose-built structures. Not only do fire lookouts represent a brief historical period where men and women actively occupied thousands of remote stations throughout the country, but they also convey the subsequent decline of fire lookout observation, culture, and preservation. At the beginning of the 21 " century, many of the remaining fire lookouts are disappearing into the landscape as both limited federal funding, and the lack of preservation attention, creates conditions which promote lookout deterioration and neglect. This study chronicles both past and present patterns in lookout preservation while exploring and developing historic preservation approaches in order to further promote future fire lookout preservation. A collection of statistical data has been analyzed in order to identify and quantify fire lookout typology, rarity, and vulnerability based on a set of predetermined parameters. Selected case studies will provide a narrative element to the statistical analysis, and provide support for the hypothesis that certain fire lookout building construction types fair better than others. Lookout case studies and examples include fire lookouts from two states (Oregon and Washington), though field research and site visit documentation has also been conducted in five (California, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Arizona).enCreative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-USUO theses and dissertations are provided for research and educational purposes, and may be under copyright by the author. Please contact us <mailto:scholars@uoregon.edu> with any questions or comments. In your email, be sure to include the URL and title of the specific items that you are inquiring about.historic preservationfire lookoutPacific Northwesthistorical archaeologywildland fire suppressionwildland fire historyTerminal Project