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One Photographer's Mission to Defend the Colorado River
By Pete McBride
National Geographic Explorer and Emmy-nominated filmmaker Pete McBride has spent twenty years documenting the Colorado River, from the Rocky Mountain headwaters where he grew up to the dried-up delta where the river now dies before reaching the sea.
He’s paddled its length, hiked 750 miles through the Grand Canyon without a trail, and stood with indigenous leaders fighting to protect sacred lands. His photographs have appeared in National Geographic, Outside, and The New York Times. His films have premiered at Sundance and earned Emmy nominations. In 2025, he received the Sierra Club’s Ansel Adams Award for excellence in conservation photography.
In this exclusive recording, Pete shares stories and never-before-seen footage from his new book Witness to Water, including the indigenous leaders fighting to protect sacred lands, the communities who watched water return to a dry delta, and why the decisions we make in 2026 will shape the American West for generations.
This talk was originally recorded on Jan 29th, 2026.
This class is complimentary with every pre-order of Witness to Water.
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