Description

Meet the first two women to survive the Colorado River - and discover some new cacti along the way!  Botanists Elzada Clover and Lois Jotter are the subject of our second episode, sponsored by the brilliant plantstagram @chubbyplantpeople! 

Further Reading/Watching:

• University of Michigan Heritage Project: River Rat


• Grand Canyon Women: Lives Shaped by Landscape Chapter 9: Two Women, Three Boats, and a Plant Press


• Video - Down the Great River: Diary of a Cactus Hunter


• Video - Interview with Lois Jotter Cutter Part 1

Huge thanks to the band The Crypts for the use of their song Marie Curie (which is licensed under CC BY 4.0) for our intro and outro.