Getting There
Alaska Airlines and Delta serve Ketchikan from Seattle. Alternatively, if time allows, the Alaska Marine Highway leaves Bellingham and travels 36 hours to Alaska.
Please do not make non-refundable travel arrangements until notified to do so by the trip leader.
Accommodations and Food
Accommodation is at the campground. We will have use of a off grid heated to shelter to store luggage and use as a drying/warming shelter. Pit toilets are at the campground and we will have limited use of warm showers at the caretaker station
Getting There
Alaska Airlines and Delta serve Ketchikan from Seattle. Alternatively, if time allows, the Alaska Marine Highway leaves Bellingham and travels 36 hours to Alaska.
Please do not make non-refundable travel arrangements until notified to do so by the trip leader.
Accommodations and Food
Accommodation is at the campground. We will have use of a off grid heated to shelter to store luggage and use as a drying/warming shelter. Pit toilets are at the campground and we will have limited use of warm showers at the caretaker station.
All meals are provided with an emphasis on local Alaskan seafood.
Trip Difficulty
The trip is moderate. Projects will vary and participants will have choices. No one is expected to exceed their capabilities but everyone should be comfortable hiking 1-2 miles on possibly uneven terrain with work tools. Participants will be asked by Alaska State Parks to sign an additional liability waiver for activities undertaken on State Lands.
Equipment and Clothing
Equipment and Clothing: Working clothes not cotton, sleeping bag and pad, rain tested tent, field tested rain gear(plastic or rubber -- Helly Hansen or Grundens light weight clothing is best, Gore tex can get clogged easily in salty conditions) Rubber boots Xtratuf or like, work gloves not leather, Cup, bowl, knife-fork-spoon, container for sandwich.
References
Conservation
We will be discussing logging in the Tongass, the Roadless Rule, and protection and importance of salmon streams.