American Whitewater and Clif Bar are proud to announce the recipient of the 2011 Clif Bar Flowing Rivers Campaign: the Mount Washington Valley Paddlers! MWVP will receive a $1,250 grant to go towards their project as outlined below.
The Mount Washington Valley Paddlers project is for the improvement of two access points along the Androscoggin River in New Hampshire as well as a river cleanup along the same stretch of river. MWVP will be improving the river access point at Errol Rips by replacing the old, degraded stairs with a wider more stable set. The work on this project will be provided by the local Enriched Learning Center Technical Education class. Another access point at the Pontook put-in will be improved by the placement of 3 water bars along the slope to the river, to ease erosion. Finally, the remaining funds will be used to hold a cleanup along the same section of the Androscoggin River.
Thanks again to all the club’s who participated in this year’s grant process. Most of all, a huge thanks goes out to Clif Bar for sponsoring this wonderful opportunity for our Affiliate Club’s to do their part in saving rivers! Check out Clif Bar’s "Who we are" part of their website to see how this endeavor plus many others makes them a true river and environmental steward.