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Chattooga: The Fight to Keep It Wild – Episode 2

Chattooga: The Fight to Keep It Wild – Episode 2

Update: 2025-10-03
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In the 1960s, the Chattooga River was set to disappear. A series of massive dams were planned to turn 50 miles of wild rapids into a staircase of lakes.  Meanwhile, a political battle raged in Washington over the future of America's wildest places, and a South Carolina poet named James Dickey was writing a terrifying novel about a canoe trip that would change everything. Visit the show notes here.

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Chattooga: The Fight to Keep It Wild – Episode 2

Chattooga: The Fight to Keep It Wild – Episode 2

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