Living River Exhibit Launch at the university of new mexico

Friday, March 6 | 3:00 - 5:00 PM | UNM Zimmerman Library

Speakers Panel followed by Reception

Experience a multimedia watershed journey with conservation photographer Dave Showalter at the Living River exhibit launch at UNM!

Join conservation photographer Dave Showalter for a unique in person event—an epic visual journey through the vast Colorado River watershed. Dave Showalter's new book, Living River: The Promise of the Mighty Colorado (New April 2023 from Braided River) paints a galvanizing picture of the living Colorado River and the challenges it faces, and will inspire people of all walks of life to cherish and protect the life, beauty, and resilience of this dynamic life force.

Event SpeakeR:

Conservation photographer and author DAVE SHOWALTER is focused on the American West. Dave works throughout the ecosystems of the Intermountain West and has published two books prior to Living River: Sage Spirit: The American West at a Crossroads (Braided River), and Prairie Thunder: The Nature of Colorado’s Great Plains (Skyline Press). Dave is a Senior Fellow in the International League of Conservation Photographers, and a long-time contributor and partner of Platte Basin Time-lapse. Dave works in partnership with numerous conservation groups, including: Audubon Rockies, The Nature Conservancy, and Trout Unlimited Headwaters chapter on the Living River project. With Living River and conservation story-telling, Dave seeks to take readers on a journey to see ourselves as part of nature and the community of living things, engendering empathy, caring, and love of the natural world—the genesis of meaningful conservation. Dave is based in Arvada, Colorado. www.livingrivercolorado.org

This 20-piece exhibit will be on display at Zimmerman Library from March 2 - April 24.