“Watercourses wild and free have in the last two centuries been dammed, blocked, chocked and choked in so many ways that the USA can seem a dam nation. Steven Hawley opens the gates to a view of this crime against nature, showing how many of these concrete erections are past their use-by date, and the calamities they continue to cause to fish, land, water, other wildlife, and Native rights.” — Carl Safina, author of Beyond Words and Becoming Wild

“Steven and Patagonia have created a masterpiece that will fire generations to do for many rivers what Muir’s long gaze and language are still doing for Yosemite’s fair sister, Hetch Hetchy, and her iconic river, the Tuolumne. We possess, en masse, the power to restore world wonders the dam-building frenzy has temporarily stolen and defiled. Let the return of wonders begin with the energies set free in this river- lovers’ bible.” — David James Duncan author of The River Why and Brothers K

"Provocative, well-written, and splendidly illustrated, Steven Hawley's Cracked is a ferocious critique of dammed-up rivers. It reveals the extraordinary and little understood costs of "clean, green" hydropower." — Blaine Harden, author of A River Lost: The Life and Death of the Columbia

“Steve Hawley has cracked and shattered the myth that dams have universally served us well. His informed outrage at the unnecessary loss of natural rivers is outdone only by his sense of hope for a better path. This book is a must-read for anyone who loves rivers and for anyone who recognizes the importance of water in the world of tomorrow.” — Tim Palmer, author of Endangered Rivers and the Conservation Movement

Summer 2023 fly shop and bookstore tour. Dates to come.