Report on Saranac Flows Finds Missed Opportunities

posted August 27, 2008
by Kevin Colburn
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A report released yesterday by American Whitewater finds that the flows mandated for the Saranac River's High Falls Gorge will likely fail to restore basic ecological functions to the river.  The report critiques the mandated flows using an analytical tool developed by the Nature Conservancy that compares human caused changes in certain aspects of flows that are ecologically important.

AW Calls Foul on Ausable Chasm

posted March 14, 2007
by Kevin Colburn
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Today, American Whitewater sent a compaint to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regarding the ridiculous delays in providing public access to New York's Ausable Chasm.  Letters from paddlers may help move along this woefully delayed project, and get us on the water this summer.

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