This challenge also complements Governor Hochul’s “Get Offline, Get Outside” state parks wellness challenge. The initiative ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced Monday the 2025 Catskills Fire Tower Challenge to ...

The 2025 Catskills Fire Tower Challenge will highlight tourism destinations and recreational opportunities in the Catskill ...

For the first time in more than 50 years, visitors can view the northern Catskills from the cab of the Bramley Mountain Fire Tower. Friends of the Bramley Mountain Fire Tower, the group that worked to ...

For the first time in more than 50 years, visitors can view the northern Catskills from the cab of the Bramley Mountain Fire Tower. Friends of the Bramley Mountain Fire Tower, the group that ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)– The Catskills Fire Tower Challenge is returning for 2025. According to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), the challenge brings in visitors ...

For nearly a century, observers climbed over 100 fire towers atop the state’s highest peaks, vigilant for signs of forest fires. Five historic fire towers remain in the Catskill Mountains ...

The Forest Service began building fire-detection towers after the Great Fire of 1910, then added more after the Civilian Conservation Corps and other government agencies considered lookouts ...

They found that fuel aridity — both the amount and the dryness of flammable vegetation — was the biggest driver of forest fire severity. They also observed that the summer months were more ...

Bedford County and Lynchburg-area firefighters and emergency crews responded to a reported explosion at a Forest church Monday night. At 9:53 p.m. the Forest Volunteer Fire Department and multiple ...