Region News

Congratulations to Steve Mills for winning the April pair of Smith Optics Sunglasses.  Join or donate to be entered in for the next pair of sunglasses and the trip in Ecuador with Small World Adventures.  Help AW protect rivers here in the states and you could win a trip with Small World Adventures in Ecuador.   With generous support from Smith Optics and Small World Adventures American Whitewater is hosting a fundraising and membership drive ending on October 1, 2008.  Anyone who joins or renews their AW membership or donates at least $10 to support our river stewardship efforts will be entered in a raffle to a week long trip in Ecuador with Small World Adventures and monthly prizes from Smith Sport Optics. 

American Whitewater and Clif Bar are pleased to announce the 6th annual Clif Bar Flowing Rivers Campaign, pledging $2,500 to American Whitewater Affiliate Clubs for river stewardship work. Funding for this very effective program is provided by Clif Bar. American Whitewater Affiliate Clubs have the opportunity to apply for one of two $1,250 grants. Grants will be distributed to clubs for projects that promote river stewardship, conservation, access and/or safety education on our nation’s rivers.

Kaukauna Utilties is applying for a new hydropower license to reconstruct and modernize the Badger Rapide Croche Hydroelectric Project. The river channel bypassed by the project is utiliized for whitewater recreation. AW recently filed comments on this project and we encourage those who have an interest in this project to file comments directly with FERC.

Phillip aka Bubba and Meagan Sisk are American Whitewater's volunteers of the month for March 2008.  This couple from Lexington, Kentucky help each year to make the National Paddling Film Festival a great event.  Phillip has been a long time festival volunteer and has coordinated much of the National Paddling Film Festival road show events for the past few years. Meagan jumped in at the last minute to make sure all the festival attendees had full bellies both nights at the festival.  This year was the 25th National Paddling Film Festival and the event raised over $3,000 for American Whitewater's stewardship efforts.  AW would like to thank everyone who volunteered to make the event such a success.