**Ongoing Projects** * [[http://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/Project/view/id/1/|Gauley River Access]] * [[http://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/Project/view/id/5/|Protecting public enjoyment of the Holtwood reach of the Susquehanna River]]\\ * [[http://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/Project/view/id/lehigh/|Improving recreational enjoyment of the Lehigh River.]] * Restoring paddling opportunities and flows on the North Branch of the Potomac and the Savage Rivers. * State relicensing of the Deep Creek hydropower project on the Upper Yough. * Collaboratively managing the new Cheat and Big Sandy take-out * Collaboratively managing the Upper Yough Put In * Managing the Blackwater/Dry Fork takeout * Securing legal access to Johns Creek, VA. **Recent Successes** * AW management of the Upper Youghiogheny Sang Run Launch Point and construction of changing facilities at the Mountain Surf Inc. take-out in Friendsville. * Protected funding for several streamgages in West Virginia in the area of the Gauley, Cacapon, and Blackwater. * Securing on-going access to the Upper and North Fork Blackwater Rivers. * Providing the only legal public access to take-out on the Upper Gauley and launch on the Lower and Middle Gauley. * Providing the only legal public take-out on the Dry Fork Cheat and Blackwater River. * Protecting access to Rock Creek, the only navigable river in Washington, DC. * Working with volunteers and the Park Service to establish the Potomac River Safety Committee. **Future Challenges** * [[http://www.americanwhitewater.org/content/Project/view/id/Dan/|Restoring the Pinnacles of the Dan River which are currently dewatered by a hydro dam.]] * Opening rivers in Montgomery County, MD to legal whitewater recreation.