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Connecting others to rivers

Lake River isn’t a large, well-known or wild river — but it has given me many hours of pure pleasure. Located just north of Vancouver, WA, it provides a wonderful...

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Baby, I got my River!

My husband and I loved rafting beautiful rivers. When our son became a rafting guide in Moab, we went several times a year to enjoy river trips. We loved Westwater...

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Winter on the Wild White Salmon River

Original Post I made a few years ago is here: https://medium.com/cropping-cascadia/winter-on-the-wild-white-salmon-river-98f5978633e Figured it would align well with the intention here! The White Salmon River runs down the slopes of...

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40 Years on the River

My own introduction to rivers came during a river rafting experience in 1970 on an 8th grade science club trip to the Stanislaus River in California’s gold country. I remember...

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A Way of Life

I’m setting my gill net out on the sand bar, to clean it. Once clean, paddle it back out in the trinity river to reset it. Spring to early summer...

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The River of Return

How can I begin to talk about my “true love”? I fell in love with the Middle Fork of the Salmon 17 years ago, on my first journey down this...

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