Last Wild River: A Beacon for a Changing West As I joined a group of near strangers on the banks of the Yampa River in mid May, unease settled over me.
This was no ordinary river trip; it was a journey to preserve one of the last free flowing rivers in the American west.
The Yampa's fate is intertwined with that of the Colorado River basin, which supplies water to over 40 million people across seven states and parts of Mexico.