March 03, 2026

Live with The Returning Rapids Project, at the America Outdoors Conference

1 hour 20 minutes

This episode was recorded live at the America Outdoors annual conference and is a conversation with three members from the Returning Rapids Project in Utah. The Returning Rapids Project is documenting the changes and restoration happening to the reservoir-affected areas of the Colorado River and the San Juan River as Lake Powell continues to recede out of the river canyons it inundated with reservoir waters for the past several decades. The deeper focus of this episode beyond this research project is the powerful observational ability of river guides who work on rivers day after day, year after year, and how they can notice the most minute changes. In the case of the Colorado River and the Returning Rapids Project, it was this guide observation that witnessed a subtle shift to the river. This observation has developed into a powerful project that is learning how rivers recover from life under a reservoir.

THUMBNAIL PIC

Stephen Martin
@finding.stephen
@explorewithmedia

GUESTS
The Returning Rapids Project

Isabel Adler

Davide Ipolito

Mike DeHoff
Media about Returning Rapids
A Ledge in the River: New feature documented by the Returning Rapids Project

Mike Fiebig, American Rivers

CONFERENCE HOST

America Outdoors
2027 Conference

Watch this episode on the America Outdoors Youtube Channel