Mark Dubois and the American River Raft Trip
Founder of Friends of the River and the International Rivers Network and International Coordinator for the first Earth Day in 1990, Mark has long been an iconic figure in the environmental movement. A defining moment in his life, a deed that put him on the front pages of newspapers around the country, came in May 1979, when he temporarily stopped construction of the New Melones Dam by finding a hiding place on the Stanislaus River and chaining himself to the rocks. The river has been his teacher, and the lessons he has learned from decades of rafting and advocacy work are imbedded deeply in his mind and heart, worked into his very muscles. Mark shared these lessons, inspiring us and moving us to tears, on a memorable rafting trip down the South Fork of the American River that he arranged as a gift for California ICan and some twenty-five of our friends and associates, and later at a tour of Albany Bulb and reception in Berkeley.
Photo by Clare Dubois
We invite you to read and enjoy California Field Atlas Author and Artist Obie Kaufmann’s wonderful blog post about his adventures on the American River with Mark Dubois, Malcolm Margolin and their merry band of friends: https://coyoteandthunder.com/