Hugh has been collaborating with the ecological organization Russian Riverkeeper since 2008. This has resulted in a gallery show in Healdsburg, a sound garden in Santa Rosa, a sound garden at Warnecke Ranch, and a future River Opera.

Made possible in part by The Creative Work Fund, a program of the Walter and Elise Haas Fund supported by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and The James Irvine Foundation. Organizational sponsorship and collaboration through Russian Riverkeeper. Additional work was created in part under the auspices of the Chalk Hill Artist Residency at Warnecke Ranch & Vineyards.

Maacama Creek (clear water on the left) meets the Russian River (murky green water on the right).