The Rivers Run In Me
A college buddy and I set out to raft along the American River back in 1990. My college friend, Ralph, is from New York. He had not much experience rafting...
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Toddler rafting with George
We took 3 rafts, with 7 families comprising of 7 kids ages 15 months to 5 years old, on a short stretch of the South Fork of the American River.
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Bringing Family Together!
Spending quality time with family seems to be getting tougher to do in the busy high-tech world we now live in. Getting away from the daily stresses or worries and...
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Running the Merced at 22,000 cfs this spring and having the frame break on the oar-assist raft right before the Class IV rapids. We ditched the frame and continued on...
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Hooked on rafting
My first real river trip wasn’t until my 20s when I signed up for a rowdy Class IV Tuolumne River rafting trip just outside of Yosemite National Park. I wanted...
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From ‘advocate’ to ‘fisherman’
I was on the staff of American Rivers, working on clean water supply issues in the Southeast. Now I’m heading to Bristol Bay, Alaska. As my river stakeholder status shifts...
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Sharing the river with 2 brown bears
In the summer of 2016, I went fly fishing for rainbow trout and dolly-varden on the Russian River. I found a nice run and was starting to catch some fish...
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It is my turn to pay it forward
The Little North Folk of the Santiam River (LNF) was protected in the past 20 years through establishment of a Wilderness Area called Opal Creek W.A. Prior to the 1990s...
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