Bear were reportedly seen along the riverbank as late as the 1930s and steelhead trout were caught in the river in 1940. The river has concrete banks for 94 percent of its course. This stretch is one of the few soft-bottomed segments of the river. Lorraine Cleary is a mixed-media installation artist whose work includes a focus on environmental deterioration. Her series of fabric flags along various portions of the fence at the site portrayed indigenous wildlife as it is affected by water quality.	The Mothering Tree– Karen Schwenkmeyer hung “time cards” with images of home appliances and text detailing the labor required by parenting. Schwenkmeyer co-founded M.A.M.A. to produce work with other artist-mothers.	Aristide Maillol’s 1939 sculpture The River inspired Deborah Krall and Juliet Musso to construct a life-sized, living topiary from non-invasive plants. A woman rises, “much as we hope to see the River transcend its present degraded condition.” Krall is an artist and Musso a professor of public policy.