Home Rivers

Home.

Its a powerful word that one...

It evokes something different for each person that hears it.  For some it is a warm fuzzy; for others, not so much.  When paired with the word river, the connotation is similar - but for whitewater enthusiasts, a home river is an important concept.

Home rivers are those that we find special for a reasons that we may not even be able to fully express in words.  Its the comfort of knowing every inch of the run, knowing what it looks like (for the most part) in different seasons, knowing the stakeholders and their issues, knowing the wildlife and their patterns.  These things are important parts of the whole of a river and each part has it's own issues.

I made a prezi to help outline some of the rivers that I love in the Pacific Northwest.