Winter 2001

Part of the intrepid summer crew lays erosion control matting.

"It was one of the most moving experiences I have been part of in my career," Ed Collins said. "The young workers — many between the ages of 19 and 21, making less than they could have made working at McDonald's — worked their hearts out. After they rebuilt the kame, they buried two time capsules in the top. [See rebuilt, but not yet revegetated, kame in next photo.] They enclosed letters, poems, and thoughts that they felt the people of the next century should know were important to them and told why midwifing this most difficult birth meant so much to them. Gradually they realized they were redefining the relationship between Americans and rivers."