http://www.americanwhitewater.org/wiki/ 2010-09-04T17:27:02-04:00 http://www.americanwhitewater.org/wiki/ http://www.americanwhitewater.org/wiki/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2010-09-03T16:42:30-04:00 Jeffrey Paine /content/Wiki/aw:events_gauley?rev=1283546550&do=diff Note: Gauley Fest will always be held on the third weekend of September Gauley Fest is American Whitewater's largest fundraising event! All proceeds from the festival support American Whitewater's conservation and access works throughout the nation. Started in 1983 to celebrate the derailment of a hydro-electric project that would have disrupted the flows on the Gauley River, Gauley Fest has grown to become the largest paddling festival in the world. text/html 2010-09-03T16:41:07-04:00 Jeffrey Paine /content/Wiki/aw:events_gauley_music?rev=1283546467&do=diff Snake Oil Medicine Show Over the last few years the American Whitewater Gauley Fest has scheduled some outstanding regional entertainment. This year we have outdone ourselves by bringing in this band. The Snake Oil Medicine show is an Ecclectic and fun mix of bluegrass, Jazz, reggae, and dance grooves from all over the world. They sing songs of awareness presented in beautiful three part harmony. Being based in the NC mountains gives their music a hillbilly undertone, but travels to Europe an… text/html 2010-09-03T16:40:26-04:00 Jeffrey Paine /content/Wiki/aw:events_gauley_sched?rev=1283546426&do=diff Thursday, September 16, 2010 * 12:00 PM Festival Campground Opens Friday, September 17, 2010 * 5:00 PM Festival Marketplace Opens * 8:00 PM No more vehicle access to inner festival area (must walk from parking area) * 8:30 PM Halftime String Band text/html 2010-08-28T04:38:30-04:00 Tom O'Keefe and Rie Yamazaki /content/Wiki/projects:126?rev=1282984710&do=diff The Red River is one of the most highly valued whitewater recreational resources in the Midwest. Hydropower on the Red River The Lower Red River dam, the one located at the put-in for the Lower Red, is known as the Weed Dam (FERC Project 2464). The powerhouse has two generators a GE 500 kW generator and an Electric Machinery 120 kW generator. The dam thus produces a very small amount of power. The current license to operate this dam was issued in 1965 and is set to expire in 2015. Until relati… text/html 2010-08-28T04:36:50-04:00 Tom O'Keefe and Rie Yamazaki /content/Wiki/126?rev=1282984610&do=diff The Red River located in central Wisconsin is one of the most valued whitewater recreational resources in the Midwest. Hydropower on the Red River The Lower Red River dam, the one located at the put-in for the Lower Red, is known as the Weed Dam (FERC Project 2464). The powerhouse has two generators a GE 500 kW generator and an Electric Machinery 120 kW generator. The dam thus produces a very small amount of power. The current license to operate this dam was issued in 1965 and is set to expire…