How do we think of the value of the nature and land around us? Does it have intrinsic value simply because it is natural, wild and beautiful? Or does it need to figure into some economic equation to be considered worthwhile? Is there a price or a use that would make it seem worth changing or even destroying? What if mining or water storage was desired to meet future needs? Would it seem reasonable to destroy wilderness to access resources?

This art installation is based on beautiful sinuous segments of the Owens River, and was inspired by "Trout Fishing in America" by Richard Brautigan (an author known for surreal social commentary), where the narrator visits a "wrecking yard" to examine "lengths of a used trout stream for sale". The metaphor relates to seeing nature as a commodity.