Over several years, I have photographed and conversed with numerous people who use the river to recreate, retreat and survive. It is both a natural resource and a flashpoint for local interests. Municipalities are interested in development; activists are concerned with access; conservationists want to repair habitat; the houseless need a place to live. The photographs are intimate portraits of the river and the people who depend on it, as well as documentation of some of the most critical issues facing the region.