Tour along Idaho Highway 12/ Clearwater and Lochsa River Corridors

This is a quick draft Google Earth animation from Lewiston, Idaho to Missoula, Montana along the Clearwater and Lochsa corridors and Highway 12. (use the controller bar to pause the animation if you do not see the town names associated with the white arrows.) I would like to expand this tour in the future. If anyone is interested in helping I would appreciate it.

You can also choose to download this IdahoHighway12.KML file you can open with the Google Earth browser. This way you can turn on the "Photos" layer to see many photographs taken along the river corridors.

This section of Highway 12 goes through remote mountain forest areas and was the last US Highway constructed in 1962. (Wikipedia reference)

This route has been proposed, and a permit granted by the Idaho Transportation Department, to allow megaload equipment weighing as much as 300 tons and as much as 30 feet high and 24 feet wide and would occupy the entire roadway, to be transported over this route. A public hearing is to be held in Boise this Friday November 19 at 9: AM at the Idaho Transportation Department Headquarters - 331 W. State St. in Boise. Idaho Rivers United has more information about this hearing on this web page.

CuMo Molybdenum Mine Tour (Automatic Pop-up Windows)

The Forest Service is holding public informational meetings on 13 miles of CuMo Molybdenum Mine road construction, the next step to building the mine which may have the largest open-pit accessible deposits in the world. (See this Idaho Conservation League web page for more details.)

Start the tour by clicking the > play button in the controller bar in the bottom left of the map below. Pop up windows will automatically open with photos, information and links at each of the major mine icons and the Sand Dam Arrow. Pause the playback to read the information in the windows or click on links. (Note! pause the playback for a second if you do not see text associated with towns and features icons and the text will appear. Then continue playing the tour again.) Google Earth has acknowledged this issue & they are working on it.

Here is a link to a manual version of the tour that does not automatically open the pop up windows for the mines and the Sand Dam.

If you prefer to use the Google Earth Browser here is a link to the KMZ file where you can play either the automatic or manual version of the CuMo Mine Tour, or simply explore on your own.

CuMO Molybdenum Mine Tour (Manual Pop-up Windows)

The Forest Service is holding public informational meetings on 13 miles of CuMo Molybdenum Mine road construction, the next step to building the mine which may have the largest open-pit accessible deposits in the world. (See this Idaho Conservation League web page for more details.)

Start the tour by clicking the > play button in the controller bar in the bottom left of the map below. Pop up windows are available with photos, information and links for each of the major mine icons and the Sand Dam Arrow. Pause the playback and click on these icons to read the information in the windows or click on links. (Note! pause the playback for a second if you do not see text associated with towns and features icons and the text will appear. Then continue playing the tour again. Google Earth has acknowledged this issue & they are working on it.)

Here is a link to the version of the tour that automatically opens the pop up windows for the mines and the Sand Dam.

If you prefer to use the Google Earth Browser here is a link to the KMZ file where you can play either the automatic or manual version of the CuMo Mine Tour, or simply explore on your own.