1981 FOR and Friends of the Dam (New Melones) take a Stanislaus canoe trip together

The group of FOR and Friends of the Dam leaders at the end of a joint canoe trip in 1981 on the lower Stanislaus River. Photo of those on the trip, at the take out on the lower Stanislaus River.

Top row: Alex Hildebrand (farmer, Sierra Clubber, then Friends of the Dam leader), Phil Williams (hydrologist, founder of Williams & Associates), Thorne Gray (Modesto Bee reporter), Nick Hershinow (FOR Sacto volunteer during Proposition 13), Mark Dubois, Peter Trost (National Wildlife Federation), (unknown), John Hertle (farmer and President of Friends of the Dam), Margit Roos-Collins, and five unknown Friends of the Dam members.

Bottom: Richard Roos-Collins, Barbara Hildebrand, Doug Linney, Patty Schifferle, John Amodio (later head of Tuolumne River Trust), Betty Andrews (FOR staff researcher), Sharon Negri, Jennifer Jennings, Debbie Dohm, Cliff Humphries (founder of Ecology Action Modesto & FOD), (unknown), Don Briggs