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Well, I'll be dammed! I figured it'd be "Fiends of the River," (no, wait... Friends of the River, Inc.) instead of this little known bunch trying to get support from the big corporate developers of whitewater rafting in CA!!!

Dang! You nailed it. They have the same founder.

Mark Dubois
Bainbridge Island, WA

Mark is the co-founder and board member emeritus of Friends of the River, California's statewide organization working for the protection of rivers, their flora and fauna and for sustainable water development. Mark also co-founded International Rivers Network. He organized the first international dam-fighters conference - a five-day conference and tour with 70 NGO leaders from 25 countries. Mark served as International Coordinator for Earth Day 1990 and Earth Day 2000; Mark coordinated global outreach and developed the seven-person international staff plus the International Council and International Strategic Partners. Mark also is the founder and director of WorldWise. Before his career as an environmental organizer and activist, Mark co-founded and operated "etc", the Environmental Traveling Companions where he organized and guided inner-city youth and disabled, down whitewater rivers.
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Mark is the co-founder and board member emeritus of Friends of the River, California's statewide organization working for the protection of rivers, their flora and fauna and for sustainable water development. Mark also co-founded International Rivers Network. He organized the first international dam-fighters conference - a five-day conference and tour with 70 NGO leaders from 25 countries. Mark served as International Coordinator for Earth Day 1990 and Earth Day 2000; Mark coordinated global outreach and developed the seven-person international staff plus the International Council and International Strategic Partners. Mark also is the founder and director of WorldWise. Before his career as an environmental organizer and activist, Mark co-founded and operated "etc", the Environmental Traveling Companions where he organized and guided inner-city youth and disabled, down whitewater rivers.

How in the name of God does one earn a living doing that? How does he get a paycheck?

Mark Dubois
Bainbridge Island, WA

Mark is the co-founder and board member emeritus of Friends of the River, California's statewide organization working for the protection of rivers, their flora and fauna and for sustainable water development. Mark also co-founded International Rivers Network. He organized the first international dam-fighters conference - a five-day conference and tour with 70 NGO leaders from 25 countries. Mark served as International Coordinator for Earth Day 1990 and Earth Day 2000; Mark coordinated global outreach and developed the seven-person international staff plus the International Council and International Strategic Partners. Mark also is the founder and director of WorldWise. Before his career as an environmental organizer and activist, Mark co-founded and operated "etc", the Environmental Traveling Companions where he organized and guided inner-city youth and disabled, down whitewater rivers.

Who pays his salary?

His office expenses?

His travel expenses?

His overhead and taxes?

His conference arrangement fees?

Well, Mrs. Dubois little boy chained himself to a rock on the Stanislaus River behind the New Melones Dam to try to stop the Bureau of Reclamation from filling it.

Such a big rain storm came along and filled so much faster than anyone at the Bureau had ever anticipated and sure enough Mark lacked "sticktuitiveness!" He was like so out of there!!! We wondered where he was. Last we heard he was off tilting at windmills like trying to destroy the World Bank, or something.