#118 / A River Runs Through It

On Thursday May 17th, Friends of the River will be hosting its Capital River Awards, honoring activist Patricia Schifferle and the Planning and Conservation League. Click the image to find out more about this event, and to book a table or make a reservation.

If you don't want to click on the image, look at the image. Free flowing rivers are an appropriate symbol of the abundance that Nature provides. They are its reality, as well. In our rivers, water, wildlife, and beauty abound. All things we need.

The history of human interaction with the rivers demonstrates our continual human attempt to put Nature under our control. Friends of the River in an organization that reminds us that we depend on Nature for the resources that support our human civilization, and that when we bind and imprison Nature, we put our own world at risk.