Eugene Buchanan is an award-winning author, speaker, editor, writer, and PR professional with more than 30 years of experience in the newspaper/magazine industry and communications/marketing fields. His visually engaging presentations draw on his experiences of adventure, travel, teamwork, and grit and are sure to leave a lasting impression on your audience.
Eugene’s books are loved by many and share his musings and expertise on paddling, thriving in a mountain town, and outdoor parenting. Read on for information on booking speaking engagements, ordering his books, and more.
Latest book Release:
Coming Soon! Yampa Yearnings by Eugene Buchanan
“Yampa Yearnings” by award-winning author Eugene Buchanan heralds northwest Colorado’s Yampa River, the last remaining free-flowing tributary to the Colorado River Basin. From its headwaters a fly cast from the birthplace of the country’s wilderness movement to its confluence with the Green 250 miles later in Dinosaur National Monument, the Yampa River supports agriculture, municipalities, a word-class ski resort, industry, endangered fish, unique riparian zones, water rights, recreation and more. The author of five books, Buchanan, whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Men’s Journal, National Geographic Adventure and more, addresses all of this and more, as well as his own interactions with the river, instilling a sense of waterway preservation in everyone who turns its pages. $22.99 (includes shipping).
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Advanced praise for Yampa Yearnings:
"Eugene Buchanan knows rivers, and he knows river-running. But for this seasoned adventurer, the Yampa is different. It's his touchstone, his home stream, his happy place. And what a treat it is to read this paean to a wild yet fragile river, written by its most devoted pilgrim and its most knowledgeable advocate. As the pages turn, Buchanan will make you feel every kink and rapid, every eddy and twist, of this great unsung American waterway.”
—Hampton Sides, NYT bestselling author of Blood and Thunder and The Wide Wide Sea
“With Yampa Yearnings, Eugene Buchanan makes a persuasive case that running water is the best friend a man can have, never to be taken for granted. Like the river in spring, these pages carry the spirit of adventure, with a trace of danger lurking beneath the surface. Grab your paddle.”
—Ben McGrath, author of Riverman: An American Odyssey
“In a time when dams and diversions threaten the last wild places, Yampa Yearnings is a reminder of what we stand to lose—and why we must fight to preserve it. This book doesn’t just chronicle a river; it rekindles a yearning—for wilderness, for wonder, for water that still runs free.” “There are rivers that run through canyons, and then there are rivers that run through the soul. The Yampa is the latter—an untamed ribbon of water that has defied the centuries and the cement. Eugene Buchanan’s Yampa Yearnings is not just a book; it is a love letter to one of the last truly wild rivers in the American West.
“Reading Buchanan’s pages feels like slipping into the current of the Yampa itself: swift, lyrical, surprising. Buchanan gets it. He knows that this river is more than a waterway; it’s a passage, a portal, a teacher.”
—Richard Bangs, author of Riding the Dragon’s Back, and The Art of Living Dangerously
“From his days as a “happy-go-lucky hooligan” scrambling down Boulder Creek through his damp decades exploring Colorado’s rolling waters, Eugene Buchanan weaves the adventure of whitewater into his hometown’s irrevocable connection to its beloved Yampa River. As outside pressures focus on the untamed Yampa— from recreational, agricultural, housing and energy interests on top of ever-thirsty urbanites — Buchanan reminds us that a river is, first and foremost, the lifeblood of community.”
—Jason Blevins, The Colorado Sun
Don’t miss Eugene’s other books:
Brothers on the Bashkaus (2007)
Comrades on the Colca (2016)
Tales from a Mountain Town (2017)