Backcountry Airstrip Preservation
Backcountry Airstrip Preservation

Author: John W. Anderson (Writer on airports)

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13:

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"The objective of the study is to inventory the uses, benefits, and threats to backcountry airstrips, and identify useful practices and strategies to counter these threats. The principal audience for this synthesis is users, policy bodies, airstrip owners, and stakeholders that seek benefits of the airstrip"--Project information.

Idaho Aviation
Idaho Aviation

Author: Crista Videriksen Worthy

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2021-11-08

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 1467107565

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Since the dawn of aviation, Idahoans have employed aircraft to carry people, groceries, mail, freight, and livestock over inhospitable terrain. Idaho's airstrips are the stuff of dreams, offering pilots, anglers, hikers, and river-rafters access to deep wilderness less than an hour from the city. Aerial firefighting was born--and is based--in Idaho. Flight instructors in Idaho prepared thousands of pilots to fight in World War II. As the birthplace of United Airlines, with its famed "friendly skies," Idaho is one of the country's most aviation-friendly states. Government officials, private landowners, and volunteers have worked together to create and then preserve an infrastructure of big-city, small-town, and backcountry airstrips that are the envy of pilots worldwide.

Historic Signs over California’s Roadways
Historic Signs over California’s Roadways

Author: Michael Lynch and Arthur Sommers

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2021-11

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 1467107611

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Appearing in this book are images featuring over 200 signs erected over roadways in California. Dating from the Civil War era into the 21st century, these signs were made of wood, metal, and stucco, and many of them were electrified. They were put up by communities across the state to highlight and unmistakably point out their specific towns.

Hiking Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve
Hiking Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve

Author: Greg Fensterman

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2008-05-01

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 1461746353

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The first book of its kind for the largest national park in the United States. Six times the size of Yellowstone National Park, Wrangell-St. Elias welcomes 40,000 visitors every year, and each of them will maximize the visit with this all-new guidebook. Detailed information is provided for navigating fifty of the best hiking routes through 13.2 million acres of Alaskan wilderness. The book is organized by type of trip: day hikes, frontcountry treks (starting from road-accessible trailheads), and remote backcountry treks (accessible via fly-in). There are detailed maps and black and white photographs as well as sidebars and narratives about river crossings, navigation, bear safety, wildlife, seasonal changes, and finding the routes.