@dbb he mentions that lots of the fire lookouts are being replaced by airplanes, for which one hour of operation costs 3 days' worth of putting someone there, but is more modern. Maybe now all the fire watchers are jobless, as he seems to think was going to happen in the book.
@neauoire Now I kind of want to read that book
...if only I had a fire tower to climb into and get some reading done... 😂