Albuquerque Journal

Preservati­on sought for fire lookout tower

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GLORIETA — Santa Fe National Forest officials hope to preserve a historic fire lookout tower and offer it for public use.

The Glorieta tower, about 10 miles east of Santa Fe, has long been decommissi­oned. But a booster group for the forest has begun raising up to $100,000 to rehabilita­te the tower for rental use.

Forest archaeolog­ist Mike Bremer says fixing up the tower would allow people to see what it was like when it was built in 1940 by the Civilian Conservati­on Corps.

Bill Zunkel of the nonprofit Friends of the Santa Fe National Forest told KRQE-TV the tower needs protection from lightning and other weather conditions. Brenner says he hopes it can be refitted with observatio­n equipment used by lookouts to spot and report fires.

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