Drawing on the author’s experience as a paddler and as the leader of an environmental nonprofit working to protect and restore the Willamette River, this book illustrates what it is like to travel the Willamette River Greenway. It also provides a first hand account of how the State of Oregon and other entities fail to protect the river’s water quality and habitat. The greenway is a lens through which to view both policy and practice in relation to the river’s health.