DEPARTMENTS 002 RISES Peacocks, Crocodiles and Orcas 036 OPEN WATER Salvation and Fried Chicken Words: Noah Davis 020 MASTHEAD The Best Swing-Run on the River 038 CONFLUENCE Wolves Words: Chloe Nostrant 022 EDITOR’S NOTE How Can I Help You? Words: Jason Rolfe 098 CUTBANK Do The Math Ross Miles’ Century on the Water Words: Ken Morrish 026 CONTRIBUTORS Not Content to Sit on One’s Hands 028 CUTBANK Ten Hours of Nothing Words: Dee Finkel 102 CUTBANK A Winter Dispatch from the Garden State Words: Stephen Sautner 032 OPEN WATER Miracle Number One Words: Rob Kaufman 106 CONSERVATION None to Spare Oregon’s Steelhead Crisis Words: Jason Rolfe 034 OPEN WATER The Indifference of Permanent Things Words: Ty Goodwin 110 TAILOUT The Grand Delusion