Before the Road
July 27, 2026
Before the road is ever built, change is already arriving. Join Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Alaska Program Manager Mary Glaves on a week-long float down the Middle Fork of the Koyukuk River, where breathtaking wilderness, increased helicopter traffic, and conversations with hunters, pilots, and local residents paint a vivid picture of a landscape at a crossroads. This firsthand dispatch explores what still exists today and why documenting Alaska's wild places before they change matters.