AW Surveying Boaters on Grand Canyon Permit & River Management

The survey is now complete- many thanks to all who participated!

This is an exciting time in the history of Grand Canyon River Management. Through our paddling community’s successful lawsuit (www.americanwhitewater.org/archive/article/348/, we were able to inspire the Park Service to reopen the planning process for the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon.

Now, this summer, we have a unique opportunity to work cooperatively with the Park, conservation community, outfitters, and recreationists to plan creatively for the future improved river management on the Grand Canyon.

While our staff and board have many strong ideas about how the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon should be managed in the future, we want to take the pulse of our membership and other interested individuals in some of the more controversial aspects of the planning process. Thus, we need your help representing your interests in the Grand Canyon.

There are no “right” answers to the survey questions. We simply want your honest gutt-felt responses on how the Grand Canyon should be managed. The survey should only take 3-5 minutes to complete, and your answers will help us as we work with the park.

This questionnaire will run thru August 1. We are asking the boating public to pass the word about it. If you have friends that are interested in Grand Canyon river management issues, please refer them to this site. The more responses we get the more useful our results will be.

We will publish the results of this study in September 2002 on our website along with further developments in our quest to work with the Park Service to improve access and protect the “Grand experience” while also protecting the natural ecosystems and heritage sites in the Canyon.

Thank you for your help,

Jason D. Robertson
Access Director
American Whitewater

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