Sandy River:
In 2024 Rivers for Change Ambassadors traveled Source to Sea down the Sandy and Kennebec Rivers. Their journey down the Sandy is highlighted in the NH PBS show Windows into the Wild: Season 20 Episode 8: River Runs and Nightfall Trails.
You can read more about the trip on our Blog and by listening to a River Radius podcast about the journey.
The Grand Salmon
As wild salmon populations in Idaho approach extinction, a group of women embark on a 1,000 mile expedition to take on four dams at the heart of the salmon’s catastrophic decline.. Rivers for Change was the lead organization for project management, partnerships, and development of the on the ground campaign.
This film is currently on the screening and film festival circuit.
A River Called Home
Jess Wiegandt was a 2023 Rivers for Change grant recipient for her project which focused on a source to sea journey, film, and educational curriculum about the James River.
“A River Called Home” follows the journey of four women who launch at the headwaters of the James River and paddle to the Chesapeake Bay. For three weeks, the team faces challenges along the way, including whitewater rapids and a river with a history of pollution.
Along the way, the team conducts a water quality study, asking how our waterways are being protected and what more we have left to do.
A Rivers Reach
2021 Rivers for Change Grant Recipients traveled Source to Sea down the Sacramento River and made a film about their journey and the challenges the river faces!
A River’s Reach chronicles the source-to-sea adventure of 3 women on the Sacramento River in the spring of 2021. While paddling from the source of the Sacramento River in the Klamath Mountains all the way to its terminus at the Golden Gate Bridge, the crew interviewed diverse stakeholders to better understand the most pressing issues the Sac and its communities are facing.
Home 2 Headwaters
2023 Grantee recipient Nina Gordon-Kirch walked more than 240 miles, tracing the Mokelumne River from her house in Oakland to the headwaters of where her drinking water comes from in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. She and her team are now working on making a film about her journey and Rivers for Change has partnered with her on a corresponding curriculum and water source education program to bring into Bay Area and Lodi schools to teach students where their water comes from.
Windows to the Wild: Paddling the Saco
Rivers for Change ambassador Joe Klementovich’s first project with us was a source to Sea down the Saco River.
His trip was featured on New Hampshire PBS: Windows to the Wild Season 17 Episode 3
Conway photographer Joe Klementovich uses a paddleboard to explore 130 miles of the Saco River. He explores its history and ecology along the way.
Still River Silent Jungle
Our first grantee in 2018, Hayley Stuart created an empowering short film.
In 2017, the Bolivian government proposed the Chepete and Bala Mega Hydroelectric Dams on the Río Beni, a headwater of the Amazon River. The communities along the Beni River and its tributaries, the Tuichi and the Quiquibey, suddenly find themselves obligated to defend both their ancestral claims and their constitutional rights against the multi-billion dollar project.
RFC You Tube with Source to Sea Stories series and Snack Time Science Videos
A collection of short videos from Rivers for Change over the years including replays of our Source to Sea Stories series, Snack Time Science Videos, and Truckee Source to Sea School Educational Adventure.
