Navigated to Seek Higher Ground - Tim Palmer on His Lifelong Relationship to Floodwaters

Seek Higher Ground - Tim Palmer on His Lifelong Relationship to Floodwaters

Sep 30, 2025
43 mins

Episode Description

Tim Palmer has spent much of his life floating down, writing about, and photographing America’s rivers. With 34 books and scores of awards to his name (including the first-ever lifetime achievement award presented by American Rivers), he’s one of river conservation's most seasoned voices. In this episode, guest host Clark Tate joins Tim to talk about a recent run down the newly dam-free Klamath, his lifelong bond with Pennsylvania’s Youghiogheny River, the origins of America's flood management system, the benefits of giving rivers the room they need to run when the waters inevitably rise, and how increasingly severe floods both reveal our vulnerabilities and offer opportunities.

 

GUEST
Tim Palmer

Seek Higher Ground: The Natural Solution to Our Urgent Flooding Crisis
Youghiogheny: Appalachian River (updated edition)
Watching the River Run (photo book)

 

HOST
Clark Tate
@lclarktate


 

 

 

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