Our Rivers

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Our Rivers

The Our Rivers Podcast features the people making a difference for river health in the western United States and is brought to you by the Forever Our Rivers Foundation. Look for our logo to support the businesses that fund healthy rivers. For more information about our work, visit www.foreverourrivers.org.

Episodes

  1. Planet Women and The Overflight Project - Indigenous storytelling in the Colorado River Basin takes flight

    06/13/2022

    Planet Women and The Overflight Project - Indigenous storytelling in the Colorado River Basin takes flight

    Planet Women envisions a world where the vibrant diversity of earth’s people collaborate to care for the planet. Currently, the organization is focused on three geographic areas defined by rivers — the Congo, Amazon, and Colorado River Basins. Each area has an immense influence over global climate patterns and biodiversity or an outsized impact on the communities that depend on them.Of course, since Forever Our Rivers works in the southwestern United States, we're most interested in Pla...

    37 min
  2. A River-Running Legend, Award-winning author Tim Palmer talks passion, adventure, and hope for rivers

    05/03/2022

    A River-Running Legend, Award-winning author Tim Palmer talks passion, adventure, and hope for rivers

    In Episode 4, we talk to award-winning author, photographer, landscape architect, and river conservationist, Tim Palmer. We discuss his very long career in writing, river running, and working on behalf of rivers, as well as one of his newer books, a Field Guide to Rivers of the Rocky Mountains. We don't go into too much detail about the book itself because you're gonna buy it and read it right? That's actually how you can support today's episode, by going to our online bookshop at www.booksho...

    38 min
  3. Drought in the West, How the Eagle River Watershed Council is helping their community adapt

    04/04/2022

    Drought in the West, How the Eagle River Watershed Council is helping their community adapt

    Last year brought unprecedented drought conditions to the western US. Its impacts on the Colorado River Basin have been massive. As climate change intensifies, these conditions may be here to stay.In this episode of the Our Rivers Podcast, we talk to Eagle County Commissioner Kathy Chandler-Henry and the former executive director of the Eagle River Watershed Council, Holly Loff, about how they're addressing the drought in Eagle County, Colorado. Last winter, high temperatures and dry soi...

    35 min
  4. Rivers Through Canyons, Recreating responsibly in western Colorado

    04/26/2021

    Rivers Through Canyons, Recreating responsibly in western Colorado

    In this episode, we sit down with Collin Ewing, manager of the McInnis Canyons, and Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Areas for the Bureau of Land Management. These public lands are stunning, with towering red rock canyons and two beautiful stretches of river, the Ruby Horsethief section of the Colorado and the lower Gunnison River. As COVID-19 encourages people to get outside, the Bureau is working to manage the increased pressure on the landscape. We talk to Collin about ...

    28 min
  5. The Angling for All Pledge, Casting for Recovery and Erica Nelson talk equity on the water

    02/05/2021

    The Angling for All Pledge, Casting for Recovery and Erica Nelson talk equity on the water

    In the summer of 2020, Brown Folks Fishing launched the Angling for All Pledge to address racism and inequality in the Fishing Industry. Casting for Recovery, which introduces women with breast cancer to the therapeutic sport of fly fishing, was one of the first organizations to sign up. In doing so, they agreed to complete a curriculum to help them understand how to increase equality and decrease racism in fishing and to create an action plan to help them follow through. In this episod...

    26 min
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The Our Rivers Podcast features the people making a difference for river health in the western United States and is brought to you by the Forever Our Rivers Foundation. Look for our logo to support the businesses that fund healthy rivers. For more information about our work, visit www.foreverourrivers.org.

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  • Creator
    Forever Our Rivers Foundation
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2022
  • Episodes
    5
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2023 Our Rivers
  • Show Website
    Our Rivers

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