Stephen Most Talks “River of Renewal" at Bloomsbury Books

Bloomsbury Books Ashland, 290 East Main Street, Ashland, OR 97520

River of Renewal tells the remarkable story of the Klamath Basin, a region of the Pacific Northwest spanning the Oregon-California border. Indian reservations are at the headwaters, along the estuary, and across the major tributary of the Klamath River. In this place that has witnessed, since the Gold Rush, genocide, war, and conflicts over resources, myths of the West loom large, amplifying differences among inhabitants of a land united by water and divided by people. Yet when faced with ecological catastrophe, farmers, tribes, and other regional stakeholders forged a consensus that led to the largest dam removal and watershed restoration project in history.

Stephen Most is an acclaimed author, playwright, and filmmaker. “River of Renewal,” a companion documentary that he wrote and coproduced won the American Indian Film Festival’s best documentary feature award.

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