Established in 1990, the National Historic Lookout Register is a program administered by the United States Forest Service, the Forest Fire Lookout Association, the , the National Forestry Association, state forestry departments and Department of Interior agencies to recognize historic fire lookout towers in the United States.
The register is a cooperative effort between private non-profits, federal agencies and state forestry departments "to identify historic lookout towers that have played an important role in forest conservation."