Tour of Proposed CuMO Mine - January 2012

Kmz file of Tour of proposed CuMO Mine - 1/12 - This Google Earth kmz file flies along the Boise River tributaries to a proposed molybdenum mine high in the watershed. YouTube videos describing restoration efforts along Grimes Creek and the effects of mining are featured. This presentation was given on 1/25/12 for the Idaho Families for Clean Water public meeting. See Idaho Rivers United web site for more information.

Juniper Chomp and Sage Grouse Habitat - December 2011

Kmz file of Tour of Sage Grouse Habitat Restoration in Owyhee County - This Google Earth kmz file contains videos and 360 panorama views demonstrating the value of a juniper mastication machine to improve sage grouse habitat in Southwest Idaho. The Nature Conservancy is working with the Owyhee Local Sage Grouse Working Group and Jordan Valley Coordinated Weed Management Area to use this machine - called a juniper masticator - to chomp up the spreading junipers. When the juniper trees are reduced in number sage grouse habitat it improved. Panoramas and videos taken in July, 2011.

Prince of Wales Island Watershed Restoration Projects, 2006-2011

Plug in Tour of Prince of Wales Island, Sal Creek and Harris River Watershed Restoration Projects, 2006 - 2011 - This is a Google Earth 6 tour which will play right in your browser window with the Google Earth Plugin. A link will come up with the browser plugin if you don't have it installed.

Kmz file of Tour of Prince of Wales Island, Sal Creek and Harris River Watershed Restoration Projects, 2006 - 2011 - This Google Earth kmz file highlights the watershed restoration projects on Sal Creek and the Harris River, Tongass National Forest, Alaska, from 2006 - 2011.

Boise River at High Water June 3, 2011

Plug In Tour of the Boise River at High Water on June 3, 2011 - This is a Google Earth 6 tour which will play right in your browser window with the Google Earth Plugin. A link will come up with the browser plugin if you don't have it installed.

Kmz file of Tour of Boise River at High Water on June 3, 2011 - This Google Earth kmz file provides a sample of a dozen aerial photos of the Boise River at high water, with short explanatory descriptions, placed at the locations where they were taken during the flight.

Potential Dam Sites on the Boise River, June 2010

Tour of the Boise River at High Water on June 3, 2011 - This is a Google Earth 6 tour which will play right in your browser window with the Google Earth Plugin. A link will come up with the browser plugin if you don't have it installed.

Prince of Wales Island, Alaska - 5/07

Narrated tour of Prince of Wales Island, Sal Creek Watershed Restoration Project, 5/07 - This is a Google Earth 5 narrated tour which will play right in your browser window with the Google Earth Plugin. A link will come up with the browser plugin if you don't have it installed.

Google Earth 4 Downloadable Tours Viewable in the Free Google Earth Browser (Download here)

Pit River Watershed, California - 11/07

Pit RCD Project Tour - The Pit RCD (Resource Conservation District) has provided 6 restoration project areas on their web site and the locations on this Google Earth tour provides links to those project pages.

Moapa Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada - 9/07

Otis Bay in Google Earth - The founders and employees of Otis Bay Ecological Consultants are dedicated to restoring altered riparian systems to natural, self-sustaining ecosystems to preserve native biological diversity. This Google Earth demonstration contains a few placemarks that will allow you to see locations where Otis Bay has already made significant improvements.

Frank Church Wilderness, Idaho - 9/07

Frank Church Wilderness - in the late 1970's we backpacked about 300 miles through the two large Wilderness Areas in Idaho and have floated the rivers and hiked in the Selway Bitteroot and Frank Church areas many times over the years. Last year we heard about a potential web site conference about the Frank Church Wilderness and agreed to be involved. This project has not materialized yet, but we started to explore Google Earth and the Internet to learn more about the communities and ecological impacts that may influence this spectacular wilderness. This is a work in progress.

Salmon Migration, Pacific Northwest - 1/07

Idaho Anadromous Fish Migration (1Mb) - a complicated Google Earth Tour showing the river passages Anadromous fish have to swim to get to the mountains of Idaho to spawn. The tour will allow you to fly along in the canyons of the Snake and Main Salmon Rivers.

Island of Jamaica - 7/06

Jamaica Protected Areas - This tour lets you explore 11 different Protected areas and 55 panorama locations on the Island of Jamaica. 18 of the panorama locations link to pages with full screen 360 degree views already produced for the Jamaica Protected Areas Trust web site.