Thu, 27 February 2014
We all know the feeling of remoteness. The stillness. The perspective. It's part of what keeps drawing us outside. But what does it feel like to be standing, literally, in the most remote place in a state? In the country? And what might those places reveal about the fate of our country's wild lands? In 2010, Ryan and Rebecca Means embarked upon Project Remote to find out.
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Hi Meredith, we definitely understand what you are saying about the West. All of our statistics right now are based on the 24 states we have documented thus far (mostly in the east but also 7 states west of the Mississippi). While the western states, in general, have Spots more remote than the East, it might surprise you to know that Florida and Louisiana have more remote locations than all but Alaska, and that you can’t get more than 9 miles from a road in Colorado(?!?!). Because the West has a lot of public land, there are a lot more wild places left. While these public spaces do not always equate to roadless areas, we as Americans have a say in how these areas are managed…and that is good news. As the story of remoteness unfolds across the country, we hope to continue to engage Americans in conversations about remote areas. We have a new discussion page set up on our website (http://remotefootprints.org/discussion)– feel free to stop by and voice your opinion!
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When I listened to this, I kept thinking, "just wait until they come out to California." But then, by the end of the story, I was asking (ok, kind of yelling to) my speakers, "What about California?! What about California?!" I think if they had incorporated any of the states on the West coast, they would have had a different picture on their hands (although the one they did paint wasn't any less alarmist - it just didn't feel as... true... to me, as a Californian). After all, getting truly away from it all is one of the biggest reasons why people live out in the West.
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