Andrew Gulliford, Ph.D.
Professor of History & Environmental Studies
Area of Expertise: Human history & wilderness in the American West
Phone: 970-247-7011
Email: gulliford_a@fortlewis.edu
Professor Gulliford integrates human history and wilderness through water-related courses in the American West. Professor Gulliford leads tours across the West by raft and canoe on the Green, Yampa, White, Colorado, Dolores, San Juan, and Gunnison Rivers. As a historian for Rocky Mountain PBS, he led three consecutive tours through the Grand Canyon by water. History Colorado sponsors his canoe trips on the rivers that traverse our state.
"Water is life for me, and I like to drink it, watch it, play in it, see it as snow, as rain, and see it as white water off the edge of a raft heading into Class III rapids. I also like to see it dripping slowly off my canoe paddle as we silently make our way down the Green, the Gunnison, the White, the Dolores, or the Colorado River. I know how important preserving and conserving our water resources here in the arid Southwest is.
As a historian, I tell many stories about communities that have failed or thrived because of their water policies.
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