This Wednesday, Western Rivers Conservancy is kicking off another year of its Great Rivers of the West, Live series. This year, the theme is Exploring the Great Rivers of the West, and our first episode will feature the very best river hikes in the West.
On the Trail, with Tim Palmer airs Wednesday, March 22nd at 6pm Pacific Time and will be a fast-paced, highly informative slideshow by author and conservationist Tim Palmer. Tim has made the study of rivers his life’s work, paddling, hiking, photographing and writing 31 books about them over the course of more than 40 years. His titles include Field Guide to Oregon Rivers, Field Guide to California Rivers, and Field Guide to Rivers of the Rocky Mountains.
During the event, you’ll learn about some of Tim’s favorite trails along rivers all over the West, including Montana’s Middle Fork Flathead, the Selway in Idaho, the Hoh in Washington and the North Fork Kern in California. He will share the best river trails in Oregon, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico—23 rivers and 10 states in all.
Many of the hikes that Tim covers are along rivers that WRC has worked to protect. The breadth of his presentation is roughly the same as WRC’s project area, which spans the 11 states west of the 100th meridian.
This will be a fun, enriching evening and will kick off with an introduction from Fishpond founder and CEO Johnny Le Coq and WRC President and co-founder Sue Doroff. At the end of the evening, Tim and Sue will host a live Q&A to answer all your questions about hiking and river conservation.
PLUS! Everyone who registers for Exploring the Great Rivers of the West: On the Trail, with Tim Palmer will be automatically entered to win in a drawing for high-end gear from Fishpond.
To learn more and to register, head to our events page.
The three-part Exploring the Great Rivers of the West series will air throughout the year. In Part Two: On the Fly, with Ken Morrish, consummate fly angler and cofounder of Fly Water Travel, Ken Morrish, will take viewers to some of his favorite fly fishing rivers on the West Coast. And in Part Three: On the Rivers We’re Conserving, with Sue Doroff, WRC’s President and cofounder will have a conversation with Orvis’ Tom Rosenbauer about the mechanics behind WRC's motto, "Sometimes to save a river, you have to buy it." The series schedule is as follows:
