This interview was recorded during a salmon and steelhead recovery expedition on the Main Salmon River in the Frank Church Wilderness of No Return. 

This show features an interview with the critically acclaimed author, David James Duncan, as well as Lindwood Laughy, Bill Chetwood and Diana Yupe.

David James Duncan is an American novelist and essayist, best known for his two bestselling novels, The River Why and The Brothers K. Both novels received the Pacific Northwest Booksellers award; The Brothers K was a New York Times Notable Book in 1992 and won a Best Books Award from the American Library Association. David lives with his family in Missoula.

Linwood Laughy, known as "Lin" to the thousands of heritage travelers he has guided along the Lewis & Clark Trail in Idaho's Nez Perce Country. Linwood Laughy writes with an intellectual mind and a blue-collar heart. His new novel, The Fifth Generation: A Nez Perce Tale, reflects both his Harvard education and his working class background, along with extensive knowledge of his subject matter and a writing style described by reviewers as exquisite, passionate and poetic. 

Following a professional career in Alaska, Lin returned to his favorite haunts in north central Idaho where he lives a rural life near the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness. He frequently travels, both physically and spiritually, the trails and towns of which he writes.

Bill Chetwood of Lewiston, Idaho began fishing for steelhead in the Clearwater, Selway and Lochsa Rivers in 1946. Now in his 90's, Bill continues to support the breaching of the lower Snake River dams in frequent letters-to-the-editor of the Lewiston Morning Tribune and conversations with Lewiston residents.

Diana Yupe was a Shonshone-Bannock elder and ranger based at Indian Creek campground and wilderness runway on the Middlefork of the Salmon River. She will be fondly remembered and missed by all those who listened to her stories on the edge of the Middlefork Salmon.

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This episode was recorded on location in collaboration with Xplorer Maps. We want to extend boatloads of gratitude to Xplorer Maps for their generous support of this podcast and international outreach programs paired with conservation projects. Learn more at XplorerMaps.com and be sure to follow the adventures of their story maps on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram.

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