The National Committee for the New River organized a float this summer from Boone, N.C. to Gauley Bridge, W.Va., where the New joins the Gauley to form the Kanawha. Tim Thornton paddled along and dropped a line whenever he found a wireless connection; this is his last installment. Thornton's work on the river was made possible in part by a grant from The Arts Council of the Blue Ridge.
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Tim Thornton is a writer, journalist and teacher who's worked at mainstream and alternative newspapers as well as for magazines, online media and public radio. He's won national awards for column writing and environmental reporting, the Phillip D. Re...