RIVER RATS GET READY
More than
1,500 whitewater enthusiasts and conservationists are expected to
show up for Friends of the River’s 18th Annual Rivers Festival,
Feb. 20-22, at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco, Calif. This
year’s theme: Protecting Rivers for the Next Generation. Speakers
include photographer Galen Rowell and the Glen Canyon Institute’s
Richard Ingebretsen and David Wegner, who will discuss the proposal
to drain Lake Powell. Organizers also plan to honor a
conservationist with a “Peter Behr” award, named for the man who
spearheaded California’s Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. The
workshop-filled weekend winds down with a sea-kayak race. Contact
Friends of the River, 128 J Street, 2nd floor, Sacramento, CA
95814-2207 (916/442-3155).
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline River rats get ready.
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