CLARK TATE'S EPISODES EPISODES

Tim Palmer has spent much of his life floating down, writing about, and photographing America’s rivers. With 34 books and scores of awards to his name (including the first-ever lifetime achievement award presented by American Rivers), he’s one of river conservation's most seasoned voices. In this episode, guest host Clark Tate joins Tim to talk about a recent run down the newly dam-free Klamath, his lifelong bond with Pennsylvania’s Youghiogheny River, the origins of America's flood management s...

25 years ago the Edwards Dam was removed from the Kennebec in Maine allowing alewives and sturgeon to return to their spawning grounds in force, revitalizing the ecosystem and delighting the paddlers and local communities with the sturgeons’ explosive breaching displays. In the summer of 2024, 2 separate source to sea trips ran the lengths of the Sandy and Kennebec in Maine. Contributing host Clark Tate was part of the Sandy trip and tells the on river story of both source to sea trips.

The Saco River in New Hampshire and Maine hosted a Source to Sea expedition this past spring of 2021. Two acquaintances were both planning to travel the Saco River from Mt Washington to the Atlantic Ocean. So they partnered up and paddled fully loaded paddle boards from the source to the sea.