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Forest Ranger Nest

Forest Ranger Nest

When I was a child there were many of these tall structures with a house on top in all the forests around Florida. A person lived in the small house on the top...
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When I was a child there were many of these tall structures with a house on top in all the forests around Florida. A person lived in the small house on the top. Day and night , he kept an eye out for fires, and logged weather patterns. Now, the once human knowlegded practice has been lost to technology.
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KODAK CX7430 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA

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May, 2011

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But the towers reamin! Great entry!

I forgot to say how perfectly positioned the sun is!

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Right. We still have some towers around but I don't think they are manned...I know some are not.

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