About the Project
Over The River is a temporary work of art by the artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Christo plans to suspend 5.9 miles of silvery, luminous fabric panels high above the Arkansas River along a 42-mile stretch of the river between Salida and Cañon City in south-central Colorado.
On July 31, 2012, Christo announced that due to pending litigation, he will temporarily postpone the exhibition date. Site work scheduled to begin in February, 2013, will be delayed until two lawsuits and one administrative appeal are successfully resolved. Project activities not related to physical construction, such as continuation of the bighorn sheep habitat treatment program and development of the Event Management Plan for the installation phase will continue.
Christo will identify the exhibition year for Over The River and secure the few remaining permits as soon as these legal hurdles are cleared.
What You Can Do To Help
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Fremont County unanimously approved the Over The River Temporary Use Permit on March 27, 2012. Click here to learn more.
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