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"The Blue Highway" film by Costa Del Mar
Posted on 12/14/12 at 11:51 pm
Posted on 12/14/12 at 11:51 pm
Probably will not find a lot of interest here, but this is an issue that involves national attention. it's the access road to Juneau. Some of you may know that Juneau is not accessible by road and there has been an effort to build this road for a few decades.
I have been involved directly with this issue and know some of the people on this film. The proposed road is along the Lynn Canal which is a natural fjord (North America's largest) and some of the most amazing habitat you will find anywhere. At stake is prime wildlife viewing, hunting and fishing for the sake of a road that will cost not only an incredible amount of money to build, but to maintain through some unbelievable avalanche zones.
Conservation is an interest of mine, I suppose I have a little tree hugger in me but I think all outdoorsmen do, or should. The "blue highway" is our road. A series of marine passages between islands and up natural fjords through some of the most amazing scenery you can find.
How important is conservation, preserving habitat to us, in this world of consumerism and obsessed with creating jobs? The road is something everyone should know about. It's proposed to be built with your money, on your land. The Tongass National Forest and the waterways belongs to all of us.
Trailer for film.
Large format
the Blue Highway About a 25 minute film.
The Lynn Canal
Here is the end of the road in Juneau.
I have been involved directly with this issue and know some of the people on this film. The proposed road is along the Lynn Canal which is a natural fjord (North America's largest) and some of the most amazing habitat you will find anywhere. At stake is prime wildlife viewing, hunting and fishing for the sake of a road that will cost not only an incredible amount of money to build, but to maintain through some unbelievable avalanche zones.
Conservation is an interest of mine, I suppose I have a little tree hugger in me but I think all outdoorsmen do, or should. The "blue highway" is our road. A series of marine passages between islands and up natural fjords through some of the most amazing scenery you can find.
How important is conservation, preserving habitat to us, in this world of consumerism and obsessed with creating jobs? The road is something everyone should know about. It's proposed to be built with your money, on your land. The Tongass National Forest and the waterways belongs to all of us.
Trailer for film.
Large format
the Blue Highway About a 25 minute film.
The Lynn Canal
Here is the end of the road in Juneau.
This post was edited on 12/15/12 at 1:47 am
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Posted on 2/10/13 at 11:54 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Thank you for that film. South East Alaska is a looong way from Pineville, La. and has always held my intrest. I know that I would very much like to visit/camp/hunt/fish there some day.
Posted on 2/10/13 at 11:57 pm to beulahland
We don't have roads connecting us to the outside. The Blue Highway is our road, it's the inside passage...part of the pacific inland waters. The road has been proposed and many (including me) are against it. I was for it at one time but have reversed my opinion for several reasons.
As far as hunting and fishing here, SE Ak is just a two hour plane flight from Seattle. It's much more easy to access than folks think....
I've showed a few TD'ers around the area.
As far as hunting and fishing here, SE Ak is just a two hour plane flight from Seattle. It's much more easy to access than folks think....
I've showed a few TD'ers around the area.
This post was edited on 2/11/13 at 12:03 am
Posted on 2/11/13 at 12:05 am to RogerTheShrubber
Seems like a lot of expense that could be used to prop up the ferry system or some other infrastructure. As a younger man, I might have been in favor. However, the older I get the more I believe such spending is wasteful.
Posted on 2/11/13 at 12:07 am to beulahland
besides, that appears to be prime squatch habitat they want to pave over.
Posted on 2/11/13 at 12:13 am to beulahland
We are building at least one more ferry. Maybe two.
The road would be impossible to maintain in winter due to avalanches, and it would still end short of any town and use ferry service for s short hitch across the water.
Once you alter landscape and habitat like that, you can't change it. There isn't any undoing it. Most of us are fine with the ferry and don't want federal tax dollars wasted on our road.
They would have to blast a road out, in many areas there isn't space for it.
The road would be impossible to maintain in winter due to avalanches, and it would still end short of any town and use ferry service for s short hitch across the water.
Once you alter landscape and habitat like that, you can't change it. There isn't any undoing it. Most of us are fine with the ferry and don't want federal tax dollars wasted on our road.
They would have to blast a road out, in many areas there isn't space for it.
This post was edited on 2/11/13 at 12:19 am
Posted on 2/11/13 at 12:18 am to RogerTheShrubber
Damn.
Some places just need to be left alone an AK is one of them IMO. It's just too damn pretty.
Some places just need to be left alone an AK is one of them IMO. It's just too damn pretty.
Posted on 2/11/13 at 12:22 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Pretty much how I feel about it.
SE Ak (the panhandle) is the size of Florida but only ha about 70,000 people. Half live in Juneau. It has 17 million acres of national forest, two national monuments, serveral wilderness areas and a couple of national parks. It also has the highest coastal mountain range in the world and two ice fields, dozens of tidewater glaciers as well as many of the nations bears, whales, orcas, sea lions, eagles...
There aren't enough people to justify spending half a billion federal tax dollars on a road. Leave it wild, some places should stay that way.
The funding has been there for the roads for a while, decades actually. We just don't want the road. LINK
SE Ak (the panhandle) is the size of Florida but only ha about 70,000 people. Half live in Juneau. It has 17 million acres of national forest, two national monuments, serveral wilderness areas and a couple of national parks. It also has the highest coastal mountain range in the world and two ice fields, dozens of tidewater glaciers as well as many of the nations bears, whales, orcas, sea lions, eagles...
There aren't enough people to justify spending half a billion federal tax dollars on a road. Leave it wild, some places should stay that way.
The funding has been there for the roads for a while, decades actually. We just don't want the road. LINK
This post was edited on 2/11/13 at 12:25 am
Posted on 2/11/13 at 4:16 pm to RogerTheShrubber
amen
Posted on 2/11/13 at 4:27 pm to beulahland
It goes against a lot of my ideology but I believe much of Alaska and the Yukon should be left as it is, preserved wilderness. Some of the last of it's kind.
So much public land here to play on. It may not seem like much but a road through wilderness can have a negative affect. The Northern leg of the "Blue Highway" in SE Ak is one of the most scenic fjords in the world (and the largest) and the road would mar that forever.
So much public land here to play on. It may not seem like much but a road through wilderness can have a negative affect. The Northern leg of the "Blue Highway" in SE Ak is one of the most scenic fjords in the world (and the largest) and the road would mar that forever.
Posted on 2/11/13 at 4:53 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Bump for later. I'm at work but, I am defiantly going to watch the film when I get home.
Hunting and fishing are two of the things I enjoy most in my life. Conservation is extremely important to me.
I do understand that conservation is the most important goal of a hunter or fisherman as well. These idea's for making roads and putting drilling rigs in the middle of our natural forests boggle my mind.
Hunting and fishing are two of the things I enjoy most in my life. Conservation is extremely important to me.
I do understand that conservation is the most important goal of a hunter or fisherman as well. These idea's for making roads and putting drilling rigs in the middle of our natural forests boggle my mind.
Posted on 2/11/13 at 5:43 pm to eyepooted
There aren't many unntouched areas left. This stretch of land is some of the most beautiful and wild anywhere. It's pristine hunting/fishing grounds as well as other outdoor activities. The road changes the nature of the region forever.
Posted on 2/11/13 at 6:03 pm to RogerTheShrubber
What is the story of why the capital is located in Juneau? You would think it would be in Anchorage.
Posted on 2/11/13 at 6:17 pm to highcotton2
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What is the story of why the capital is located in Juneau? You would think it would be in Anchorage.
It was in Sitka til 1906, when it was moved to Juneau because of all the gold mining activity in the Juneau area. Anchorage wasn't even a town at the time. It was born in around 1914 when a railroad was built, and the Anchorage in Cook Inlet became a tent city, which is now Anchorage
There is a tie in between the capitol and the road. The state has voted several times to move the capitol from Juneau to S. Central Ak because of the "remote nature" of Juneau. Proponents of the road say it would ensure the capitol stays in Juneau. Staff have to fly in or take the ferry from Haines at the present time. The road is just an excuse for railbelt legislators to get the capitol closer to home.
Even though the capitol move has been approved three times, and the road has been funded several times, neither have happened...thank goodness. Hopefully we can keep it this way. The remote, wild nature of SE Ak is what makes it unique in the world. Limited road access is a good thing IMO, and makes it a playground for outdoorsmen.
A lot of folks may not know but the Tongass National Forest is the largest, at 17 million acres and is in the middle of the largest temperate rainforest in the world.
Americas Rainforest.
USFS vid.
This post was edited on 2/11/13 at 6:46 pm
Posted on 2/11/13 at 7:10 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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RogerTheShrubber
Thanks for the video. I really enjoyed it.
Seemed like the video is a couple of years old.
Posted on 2/11/13 at 7:17 pm to eyepooted
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Thanks for the video. I really enjoyed it.
Seemed like the video is a couple of years old.
Probably is. Think it was made the summer before the last review, which put the road back on track again. Even though nothing has been done.
Posted on 2/11/13 at 8:40 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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which put the road back on track again. Even though nothing has been done.
I hope for everyones sake, including the wildlife, that nothing happens.
Now all we have to do is make our govt stop screwing the CRP Fields, which are destroying duck habitat and bring back the Bobwhite Quail.
I think with our new Seceretary of Interior, Sally Jewell, we'll see some improvements sooner rather than later.
Posted on 2/11/13 at 9:04 pm to eyepooted
Will see what happens. The state seems intent on building, locals not so much. It would be sickening how it could affect the nature of the area.
These guys shot a film in the area from Juneau to Skagway, climbing some of the peaks along he way.
LINK
My thinking is if you need a road, then you probably don't need to be living or even visiting Southeast Alaska
These guys shot a film in the area from Juneau to Skagway, climbing some of the peaks along he way.
LINK
My thinking is if you need a road, then you probably don't need to be living or even visiting Southeast Alaska
This post was edited on 2/11/13 at 9:12 pm
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