Often with the help of volunteers and schoolchildren, Daniel McCormick weaves elegant basket forms using green willow and materials he finds on site and places them directly into eroded gullies and riverbanks.

The sculptures are strategic interventions designed to fit into the curves of the streams and gullies where they fill with leaves and twigs, collecting sediment that would otherwise suffocate the salmon and steelhead eggs in their spawning areas.

McCormick's inspiring eco-art is the result of effective collaboration with watersheds, the local community, and public land managers.

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Daniel McCormick

A former student of James Turrell with a degree in environmental design from UC Berkeley, McCormick specializes in erosion control and watershed restoration sculpture.
His sculptures and sketches are exhibited in galleries and museums, yet the pieces themselves are created to live outside where they eventually take root, collect sediment and "gradually disintegrate, returning to the earth." In the process, they contribute to stabilizing riverbanks, restoring water quality and enhancing fish spawning grounds. McCormick's inspiring eco-art is the result of effective collaboration with watersheds, the local community, and public land managers.

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