Bill Center, 1949-2017

Bill Center’s photos grace the Stanislaus River archive in his Collection, though he is no longer with us, having passed away far too early in life in 2017. Bill started as an ARTA guide in 1972, move up to eventually own ARTA California as well as to make Camp Lotus on the South Fork American into a true river mecca. Along the way, he saved the South Fork from damming, contributed to the Stanislaus fight and to so much else in the conservation world. See a wonderful appreciation of his life here .