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Posted by Brian Richardson on Feb 10 2006
AKHunter45 –
The gross environmentally impacting issues of river floaters on waterway corridors when evaluated against widespread ATV rambling off the shoulders of the Haul Road are much unconnected in passage.
While you are accurate on the facts that impact can be universal… you’re post falls somewhat short on the progressive end of thinking.
Rivers take care of themselves to an extraordinary degree. They are always in a state of change. High water and low water stages throughout a season, combined with fluctuation trends over a given number of years. Yes – human impact does ensue, but it is far more like the tides of the Turnagain Arm & Cook Inlet… always shaping… something not quite fitting regularly swept away and gone tomorrow. For example --- a float party sets up camp on a sandbar or clearing along the banks close to (or better yet inside the high water mark) --- During high water, ice out, and so on the area may be swept completely clean and even vanished altogether…. By the river’s natural flows.
A river environment is “naturally” not impervious to the unconscientiously departing floaters of civilization; however it is more resistant (in a self cleaning kind of way) to long term human influences than the particular setting along the Haul Road’s numerous pull offs.
While you are also correct that not all ATV users are fat, lazy and so on (Heck, in winter I run Snowmachine tours!) it does not take grand utilitarian philosophy here from anyone to recognize that it is the few that will undeniably spoil it for the many in a dreadfully short period of time. Politicking will bounce back & forth, meanwhile the quick assault on pristine turf will not rebound for generations to come. I think a reasonable, seasonable minded piece of compromise legislation could actually be to allow snowmachiners access once there is a sufficient amount snow to minimize the human influence & much like making tracks down river… they’d disappear for the most part with the season.
Brian Richardson
http://www.northernrim.com
PS – I had sent of an email reply to the email you sent me awhile back on the Eureka tents. Not sure if you received it? --> In a nutshell the Outfitter Assault and the XT tents are very good quality tents and will work out well.
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