ABOUT THE BOOK
SALT RIVER MANIFESTO
Bret A. Moffett embarks on a transformative journey along Arizona’s Salt River, a waterway that has sustained civilizations for more than a thousand years. Blending memoir, history, and environmental reflection, Moffett traces the river from its mountain headwaters to its desert confluence, uncovering the stories of the ancient Hohokam engineers, the rise of modern Phoenix, and the fragile balance between nature and human ambition.
Through personal trials, desert explorations, and a year-long quest to experience the river firsthand, he reveals both the wonder and the peril of a society built on scarce water in an unforgiving landscape. Part travelogue, part history, and part manifesto, this is a stirring meditation on resilience, sustainability, and what it means to find purpose in a world where the survival of people—and rivers—hangs in the balance.
The Author
Bret Moffett is an experienced technologist and executive with more than 40 years of experience in manufacturing, engineering, and environmental in the United States and abroad. His extensive background in diverse settings gives him the ability to see the big picture while keeping an eye on the details. He is recognized as a strategic thinker, visionary, and innovator, and was honored as an Idaho Business Review CEO of Influence in 2021.
Buy the Book
This book is both a love letter to Arizona’s Salt River and a warning about environmental fragility. It tells a deeply human story—how rivers shape civilizations and how one man’s journey along the Salt River helped him reconcile personal hardship with a broader concern for the future of humanity and the planet.
