Fishtrap Program Coordinator Ben Hayes interviewed Dr. James R. Hepworth at the kick-off event for Wallowa County Reads 2013: A River Runs Through It at the Hurricane Creek Grange.  Audio of Norman Mclean used by permission. 

Dr. Hepworth presented some wonderful slides with insightful commentary, followed by a lively question and answer session. Afterward, we enjoyed the traditional Wallowa County Grange Ladie’s pie.

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On the Big Blackfoot: Readings, Interviews and Reflections by John and Norman Maclean available here: http://www.highbridgeaudio.com/onbigblackfoot.html

(Fishtrap Lecture, April 14, 2009-Odd Fellows Hall, Enterprise, OR.)

Gary Ferguson returned to Wallowa County to read from work inspired by his Werner Writing Residency in early September, 2012. During his residency Gary hiked from the top of Eagle Cap to the bottom of Hells Canyon, covering almost 100 miles in 10 days. He has written extensively about wild lands in the American West, including Walking Down the Wild, an account of his 500-mile trek around Yellowstone.

Raymond Cross

Raymond Cross works extensively with Indian tribes, Indian organizations, and federal agencies on issues of Indian education, tribal self-determination, and cultural and natural resources preservation. His legal career in Indian Country is chronicled in Coyote Warrior: One Man, Three Tribes and the Trial That Forged A Nation written by Paul Van Develder. He will be speaking on tribal sovereignty and his own personal history with legal battles in southern Oregon and across the country.