The River Radius Podcast

What is a River?  What is in there, at the micro level?  How does water move from the Earth’s surface through the ground, in and out of rivers?  How much of the water on the planet is in rivers and how long is it there?  This episode of What is a River is our annual episodic interview with an expert in their field.  Dr Rebecca Neumann is a professor and researcher at the University of Washington in Seattle where she focuses on Hydrobiogeochemistry.  

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WHAT IS A RIVER 2021

This is the first episode in this annual series.  Dr David Montgomery is the guest.  His focus is Geomorphology, and we look at the most basic angle of "What is a River."  How water enters a river, how it flows, how rivers move and change.  
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Ben Knight builds powerful films with his partner at Felt Soul Media.  DAMNATION, RED GOLD, IN CURRENT, and now LEARNING TO DROWN.  In the past few years, Ben also became a father.  In this episode Contributing Host Greg Cairns talks with Ben about the inside of his life, some of the process of creating his films, and his path of becoming a powerful filmmaker.  And, his daughter.  

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The Grand Salmon Source to Sea crew is paddling just shy of 1000 miles following the Snake River Basin Spring Summer Chinook Salmon from the mountains of Idaho to the Pacific Ocean.  These 4 women launched in April of this spring and are now nearing the west coast.  Youth Salmon Protectors is a dedicated group of 2000 young people of the Pacific Northwest.  Both of these groups are working to bring attention and action to the Chinook Salmon as they near extinction.  This episode is interviews with 6 members of these 2 groups.  

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The River Radius went to Lower Granite Dam on the Snake River to learn about that dam.  How do Salmon get around the Lower 4 Snake River Dams?  How are the dams impacting the salmon returns?  What does breach mean?  What are the proposals on the table right working to avoid Salmon extinction?  How do tribal treaty rights impact the salmon outcome? 

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Chinook Salmon of the Snake River begin their lives in mountains of Idaho’s rivers, live their lives in the Pacific Ocean, and return to their natal spawning stream in Idaho.  This fish is on the brink of extinction. This is the summer when all pressure is focused on maintaining this fish that is millions of years old.  This is the first of 2 episodes about this Chinook Salmon.  

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This episode is the 2nd of 2 episodes.  Some stories stand the test of time. This is one. 1995, Big Susitna River in Alaska, glacial melt, rains in the canyon. Three friends fly deep into the backcountry with plans of a one day trip on big water. That day their plans changed & 27 years later they all tell the story. 

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This episode is the 1st of 2 episodes.  Some stories stand the test of time. This is one. 1995, Big Susitna River in Alaska, glacial melt, rains in the canyon. Three friends fly deep into the backcountry with plans of a one day trip on big water. That day their plans changed & 27 years later they all tell the story. 

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Each year, American Rivers, one the largest organizations advocating for clean and healthy rivers, releases their annual report of 10 rivers in the United States that need help. This episode is an interview with two staff from American Rivers, Amy Souers Kober and Matt Rice, where they explain the report, how it has led to rivers having improved water quality in the recent past, and the 10 rivers in the “America’s Most Endangered Rivers of 2022” report.

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How many times have you ended a river trip and said that you have enough food for 3 more days?  This episodes talks with two outfitters focused on Grand Canyon River trips.  Ceiba provides food for private permit river trips.  AZRA provides and prepares meals for their commercial river trips.  Between both companies they are packing food for about 230 multi-week river trips each year.  They share ideas on how to pack food, how to keep coolers cold and how to keep the kitchen and cooking simple and delicious.  

This is part of a 3-episode cluster with an overall theme of, HOW TO RUN RIVERS. The specific focus of this episode is about FOOD PACKING FOR THE RIVER.  The other two episodes focus on SWIFTWATER RESCUE and HOW TO GET KIDS ON THE RIVER.  All of the episodes of this cluster are available right now and it does not matter in which order you listen to this cluster.  

While not all river trips are 2-4 weeks in hot desert heat, or deep winter cold, there is a lot to be learned from the food packing crews that provide high grade food, menus, storage and preparation of well over 10,000 river meals a year.  

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Swiftwater Rescue courses are available for private river runners, commercial river guides and professional rescuers.  These courses provide curriculum and instruction on river hydrology, swimming, self support, peer rescue, rescue of gear, and skills to avoid situations where rescue is needed.  This episode hosts interviews with two instructors of Swiftwater Rescue courses.  One instructor works on the rivers of the western United States, the other instructor works on th rivers of ten Southeast United States, Costa Rica and Ecuador.  

This is part of a 3-episode cluster with an overall theme of, HOW TO RUN RIVERS. The specific focus of this episode is about SWIFTWATER RESCUE .  The other two episodes focus on HOW TO GET KIDS ON THE RIVER  and FOOD PACKING FOR THE RIVER.  All of the episodes of this cluster are available right now and it does not matter in which order you listen to this cluster.  

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