The Calawah
Years ago I worked with the Quileute Indians on a flood estuary survey to return trapped trout, steelhead and salmon back to the river. The Calawah would run dry in...
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American Gold! The South Fork of the American River
As long as there are young men with the light of adventure in their eyes or a touch of wildness in their souls, rapids will be run. –Sigurd Olson This...
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My river moment was seeing the delight and awe on my sons’ faces when they went through their first set of rapids ever. My husband and I adopted our sons...
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One of my favorite memories from my youth involved the family trips to various scenic areas along the Columbia River. These involved such locations including Beacon Rock and the Grand...
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Bear River
Once upon a time there was a river called Bear. This river had indigenous names also, Nem Seyo, Kumim Seyo. It was once huge, churning, voluminous water carving out a...
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My husband’s family has owned a cabin on the Santa Ana River for ninety years. My mother in law is 101 years old. When she was 17, the cabin burned...
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The year was 1984. Along with four friends and a guide I was on my first river trip. We were on inflatable kayaks on the Klamath River out of Happy...
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The Mendenhall River pools at the foot of an Alaskan glacier, then drains past my childhood home and into the emerald sea. Low at the height of summer, a trickle...
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