“For over 2 decades, Earth River partners Eric Hertz and Robert Currie have bought and helped conservation minded clients buy dozens of significant properties along Patagonia Chile’s Futaleufu River to protect them for perpetuity thus keeping them out of the hands of developers, land speculators, mining companies and the hydro-electric company, insuring that the Futaleufu would not meet the same fate as the once world reknowned Bio Bio River to the north where a land speculator acquired all the land and flipped it to the power company for profit. This company financed land conservation effort on the Futaleufu, consisting of a tremendous amount of company resources and countless volunteer hours, is nothing short of Herculean and represents the single largest river land trust endeavor ever initiated by a commercial outfitter. By joining an Earth River tour, you are providing direct financial support for Futaleufu land conservation and helping to prevent the dams planned for the river."
Ronald G. Dodson, President of Audubon International and Chairman of International Sustainability Council.