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Stewardship Toolkit

  • By Kevin Colburn
  • / December 22, 2020

River Stewardship Toolkit

A cornerstone of our outreach and education program designed to empower our volunteers is our Stewardship Toolkit, an on-line resource built on a decade of AW institutional knowledge in conservation, access, and safety issues. Each link below is a chapter containing a wealth of information. These topics are constantly being updated and we invite additional contributions.

1) Introduction

2) Regulated River Restoration (Hydro)

3) Protecting Rivers : Using State and Federal Regulations

NEPA 

Wild and Scenic Rivers Act

Wilderness Act

Antiquities Act

Endangered Species Act

Water Quality

Riparian Areas

Land Management Practices

Writing or Visiting Congress

Reporting Violations

Making a FOIA Request

Boatable Days

4) Collaborations, Coalitions and Negotiations

Working with State and Federal Agencies

Collaboration and Coalition Building

Interest Based Negotiations

Writing Effectively

Working with the Media

Campaign Organization

5) Paddler’s Footprint

Leave No Trace

River Modification

Large Woody Debris

Sharing the Rivers

Economic Impacts

Whitewater Parks

River Cleanups

6) River Access

Water Trails and Blueways

Navigability Law Primer

State Navigability Law

State Liability Law

Paddling in National Parks

Access Partnerships

Private Land Closures

Waterfall Closures

Barbed Wire / Obstructions

Land Acquisition

Protecting a Streamgage

7) Boater Registration

8) River Safety

Our goal is to ensure that our nation’s remaining wild and free-flowing rivers stay that way, our developed rivers are restored to function and flourish, that the public has access to rivers for recreation, and that river enthusiasts are active and effective river advocates.

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