Join McKenzie River Trust for the fifth Upstream gathering featuring internationally acclaimed writer and environmental advocate Robert Macfarlane. Author of the 2025 New York Times bestselling book Is a River Alive?, Macfarlane challenges us to see rivers not as resources, but as living beings with stories, rights, and futures. The evening includes reflections from his travels and a conversation with Eugene Mayor Kaarin Knudson on what it means to be a river community in the headwaters of the Willamette. Tickets are $15, and student tickets are $10. Reserved seating.

“Upstream” is a series of events hosted by McKenzie River Trust. These gatherings are designed to inspire conversation about the complex and interdependent relationship between humans and the natural world.