# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Stories From the River: Conservation, Community, and Place with Dr. Kurt Fausch
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 19 Feb, 2026 at 06:30 pm
- **Event Description**: In partnership with the Sun River Watershed Group, the Library is hosting a speaker series focusing on conservation efforts, the Sun River Watershed, and the authors and books that shaped the area.

This presentation will be via Zoom. GFPL will host the talk in the Cordingley Room, but can make the Zoom link available to those who reach out to Sarah Cawley. 

Dr. Kurt Fausch is an award-winning scientist and author focused on the ecology and ethics of streams and rivers. He is a professor emeritus at Colorado State University where he taught for 35 years. His research with scores of students and collaborators on streams and their fish and other organisms took him throughout the Midwest and West, and to northern Japan. His experiences with Japanese colleagues were chronicled in the documentary Riverwebs, broadcast widely on PBS. He received lifetime achievement awards from the American Fisheries Society and World Council of Fisheries Societies, and the Leopold Conservation Award from Fly Fishers International.

Dr. Fausch will be sharing about his latest book "A Reverence For Rivers: Imagining an Ethic for Running Waters", which was released in May of 2025. https://osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/reverence-for-rivers
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/great-falls/stories-from-the-river-conservation-community-and-place-with-dr-kurt-fausch/200029513029421
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 40

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Great Falls
- **state**: MT
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 301 2nd Ave N, Great Falls, MT, United States, Montana 59401
- **lat**: 47.50782
- **long**: -111.30204
- **full address**: 301 2nd Ave N, Great Falls, MT, United States, Montana 59401

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Stories From the River: Conservation, Community, and Place with Dr. Kurt Fausch being held?
  - **A:** Stories From the River: Conservation, Community, and Place with Dr. Kurt Fausch takes place on Thu, 19 Feb, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Thu, 19 Feb, 2026 at 06:30 pm at 301 2nd Ave N, Great Falls, MT, United States, Montana 59401.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Stories From the River: Conservation, Community, and Place with Dr. Kurt Fausch?
  - **A:** Stories From the River: Conservation, Community, and Place with Dr. Kurt Fausch is organized by Sun River Watershed Group.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Stories From the River: Conservation, Community, and Place with Dr. Kurt Fausch is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Great Falls, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Stories From the River: Conservation, Community, and Place with Dr. Kurt Fausch sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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