Ghost River: Desert Salmon Crossing
Irina and Stanislav Shminke
Location
8:04 1735', Open Playa
8:04 1735', Open Playa · open full map →
Directions
0.92 mi · 20 min walk · 7 min bike
From
6:00 & H
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- 1Take 6:00 toward the Man to Esplanade · 0.49 mi
- 2Head across the open playa to Ghost River: Desert Salmon Crossing, with the Man on your right (bearing 3°) · 0.43 mi
- ●Arrive: Ghost River: Desert Salmon Crossing · 8:05, open playa
0.86 mi as the crow flies. Radials every :15, walking ~2.8 mph, biking ~7.5 mph. Open the live compass map →
About
Somewhere beneath the dust of Black Rock City runs an invisible river. The Black Rock Desert Salmon Bureau is building an emergency migration corridor for the rare and possibly imaginary Desert Ghost Salmon. A wooden path leads visitors across the missing river, over a small bridge, and through a landscape marked by traces of water, fish, vehicles, and an ecosystem struggling to exist. During the day, the river appears through texture, shadows, tracks, and the shape of the land itself. At night, it returns as light and movement beneath the bridge, carrying ghost salmon through the desert. Part field station, part wildlife restoration project, and part bureaucratic mystery, the installation invites participants to investigate the habitat, follow the Bureau’s field reports, and help protect a species whose existence remains officially unconfirmed.
- From
- Yekaterinburg & Moscow, Russia
- Category
- Open Playa
- Program
- Self-Funded