Lightning fires, tough times on the Klamath River, and how SPI ended up with the best tree-growing land. Also, the Garnet Fire might burn a big piece of old ...

Here is tonight’s Lookout Livestream. We talk about the Dillon, Peak, Deer Creek Canyon fires, and the Garnet Fire, east of Fresno. We’ll update this page later, tonight.

This broadcast, on August 25, 2025, discussed various wildfires across the West Coast. Michael Steinberg, a geography student, shared his field observations from the Pickett Fire in Napa County,…

Independent wildfire and water-related reporting. Host Zeke Lunder has 30 years of experience in wildland fire management and California water issues. During wildfire season we provide UNOFFICIAL…

Zeke Lunder discusses the Flat Fire in Oregon, highlighting its geographical similarities to Westwood, California, and its impact on urban areas like Bend and Sisters. The fire, influenced by strong…

The Pickett Fire grew significantly this afternoon, driven by steady winds, low humidities, and hot temperatures. After making some ‘slope-reversals’ in Swartz Canyon, yesterday afternoon and…

12 hours of growth – 8pm on 8/22 thru 08:00, today. White line is last night’s perimeter. No livestream tonight unless something crazy is happening.

The fire has been slowly waking up, throughout the day. As of about 4:30pm, the smoke inversion that was suppressing fire behavior for most of the day has pretty much cleared out, and the fire seems…

The fire has been slowly waking up, throughout the day. As of about 4:30pm, the smoke inversion that was suppressing fire behavior for most of the day has pretty much cleared out, and the fire seems…

The Pickett Fire started around 3:20pm just north of Calistoga, California, in Napa County. It promptly made a slope-driven run to the top of the ridge, and over, between Browns Hill and High Point.…

UPDATED 10:30pm, 8/13/2025 Firing operations have been underway on the north end of the Gifford Fire, east of San Luis Obispo, California, in some fashion or another for about 36 hours. This…

Firing operations have been underway on the north end of the Gifford Fire, east of San Luis Obispo, California, in some fashion or another for about 36 hours. Today the fire is doing what it will with...

Tonight’s Lookout Livestream covered today’s Ponderosa Fire, in Yuba County, taking a detailed look at the incredible fuel loading and fire hazards found across large portions of the Yuba County…

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Zeke Lunder and David Hertz discuss the role of architects in fire mitigation, highlighting the importance of home hardening and community brigades. They discuss the challenges of rebuilding in…

We are finishing edits on our 'Danger in Plain Sight' mini-doc series. We recorded it during a week of biking around wildfire-prone parts of Los Angeles with some of my smartest wildland firefighter…

The Big Cliff Fire, on the Klamath National Forest, in far NW California, looks like it will be with us for awhile. Here is last night’s IR map. Big Cliff Fire Overview The Big Cliff Fire is on a…

A busy day here at The Lookout, and across the west! We started the days looking at intel for the Dragon Bravo and Monroe Canyon Fires, but quickly got swept up with the developing Big Cliff Fire, on…

Summary Zeke Lunder provided a midday update on the Dragon Bravo and Monroe Canyon fires, using satellite imagery from the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-2. The Dragon Bravo fire, active on the…

Summary Zeke Lunder discussed the Dragon Bravo and Monroe Canyon fires. Dragon Bravo, burning on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, has destroyed the visitor center and is spreading rapidly, with…

Summary Zeke Lunder discusses the Dragon Bravo and Monroe Canyon fires, in Northern Arizona and Central Utah, detailing their spread, weather conditions, and firefighting strategies. Dragon Bravo,…

Zeke Lunder discussed the Dragon Bravo and Butler Fires. Dragon Bravo, started in the first week of July, has been romping to the NE due to extreme conditions. The fire has destroyed the historic…

This video shares video, maps, and photos collected in the year since the Park Fire burned over 400,000 acres in Northern California, north of Chico, California. The audio for this episode was…

Today’s Lookout Livestream broadcast looks at the evolution of the Dragon Bravo Fire, which has been burning for nearly 3 weeks in (and now out of) Grand Canyon National Park, in Northern Arizona.…

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Lookout Livestream AI-assisted Summary Zeke Lunder provided an update on the Butler Fire, noting minimal activity and slow progression towards the community of Forks of Salmon. The fire is currently…

Welcome to our second episode with THE Stephen Pyne! Stephen is a renowned author and fire historian who, in addition to his academic life, also spent over a decade working on a fire crew on the…

Here is our morning intel assessment of the current situation on the Butler Fire, burning around Forks of Salmon, on the Salmon River, in NW California. These maps are based on infrared flights…

Sorry for the small maps, I’m traveling today, no laptop! Here are some  infrared maps from last night at 9:41 PM, 7/19/2025. The fire did not spread aggressively down slope into Forks of Salmon as…

The firefighters continue to make good progress on the Green Fire north of Shasta Lake. They’ve now completed firing operations down the ridge between Rip Gut Creek and Fenders Ferry Road, and the…

After days of backing down toward the Salmon River from the south, the Butler Fire crossed the River on the afternoon of the 17th and ran up onto the north side of the canyon. Yesterday the fire…