May 27th, 2009
AIL, Colo. – May 26, 2009 – Stretching ninety miles along Alaska’s Inside Passage, the Lynn Canal is North America’s deepest fjord. Its waters were the lifeblood of the Klondike Gold Rush, and now offer visitors a window into the wild that defines Alaska. The Lynn Canal also ties the people of Alaska’s Southeast together. It is their highway. (more…)
Federal judge’s decision to block project must be appealed by June 5
By Pat Forgey | JUNEAU EMPIRE
A federal judge handed advocates of the Juneau Road a big defeat in February when he overturned the project’s approval, and then a smaller defeat last month when he refused to reconsider that decision. State Department of Transportation and Public Facilities officials are maintaining that U.S. District Court Judge John Sedwick misread the evidence and got the decision wrong, however. (more…)
courtesy Pete McDonald, The Fishing Jones blog
Stephen Mick, a filmmaker from Austin, Texas, set out to shoot an adventure video with the sunglass maker Costa Del Mar and wound up making a documentary about this story. Here, Mick answers some questions about “Blue Highway,” the finished documentary set to debut next Friday at the Teva Mountain Games. (more…)
Blue Highway begins as a film about a kayak trip tracing the historic Lynn Canal travels of John Muir, but becomes a study of both sides of the battle over the proposed Juneau access road. After more than three decades of debate, is there anything left to say, and can two sides separated by environmental, economic and cultural concerns ever come together? Read more
Southeast Alaska Mountain Fair
August 10, 2009
Glossed-over Juneau access road options
July 23, 2009
Juneau Road project moves into new realm
July 20, 2009
