Moapa Valley Pomegranates

Rivers & Headwaters is a regional folklife fieldwork project to identify and document tradition bearers and traditional activities related to rivers, headwaters, and watersheds in western United States.
Our focus has been the Muddy River, which empties into Lake Mead and the Colorado River. In addition to Southern Paiute and historic Mormon settlement, we discovered occupational groups whose work lives revolve around, or are related to, the headwaters and Muddy River watershed.
These include farmers and ranchers, irrigation and hydrology specialists, and various scientists. These two films capture two very different occupations and traditions enabled by the presence of the Muddy River - those of pomegranate farmers and wildlife biologists.