Rob Caughlan. Friends of the River was founded in his living room, and he helped launch an historic grass roots campaign to stop construction of a dam on California’s Stanislaus River. Although it failed to save the Stanislaus, the effort mobilized thousands of activists, and the organization continues today to protect wild rivers…
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Jacques Leslie. Author of Deep Water: The Epic Struggle over Dams, Displaced People, and the Environment , he wrote a Harper's cover story on international water scarcity entitled “Running Dry: What Happens When the World No Longer Has Enough Freshwater?” He speaks on dams and their relationships to rivers and water supplies…
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Tim Palmer. A photographer and author of sixteen books on the environment, rivers, and adventure travel, he has been recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Award from American Rivers, named one of the nation's ten top river conservationists by Paddler Magazine, and his book The
Columbia won the National Outdoor Book Award… More
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Elizabeth Grossman. Author of Watershed:
The Undamming of America , her articles have appeared in The Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, and USA Today. Publishers Weekly says she “persuasively illustrates” why many dams should come down and “offers a compelling update on a movement that could reshape the face of America”… More >> |
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Mark Dubois. Co-founder
Friends of the River. He captured national headlines when he chained
himself to the bedrock of the Stanislaus River Canyon as a new
reservoir filled. While his action forced only a temporary reprieve
for the Stanislaus, the movement to protect rivers brought a halt
to major dam building in the United States…
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Max Finkelstein.
Author of Canoeing a Continent: On the Trail of Alexander Mackenzie . A contributor to Kanawa, Paddler Magazine, and River Magazine, his presentations include slides and/or video and focus on historic and contemporary expeditions, descriptions of the tapestry of waterscapes, and the importance of our river heritage…
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Jerry Meral. He was
Deputy Director of the California Department of Water Resources,
Western Water Resources Director of Environmental Defense, and
for 20 years Executive Director of the Planning and Conservation
League. His work has been widely recognized and honored. He received
the National River Conservation Award… More
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