Issue: On July 6th, American Whitewater joined suit with the Grand Canyon Private Boaters Association against Grand Canyon National Park. The purpose of the suit is to force the Park Service to reopen the Colorado River Management and Wilderness Planning processes, and address inequities in permit allocation. The suit also accuses the park of failing to adhere to its management directives by allowing nonconforming issues such as helicopter transfers and motorboat access in the proposed wilderness section. Please check out the larger article in this issue of the Journal on the suit for more information and to find out how you can help!
Goal: Force the Park Service to reopen the River and Wilderness Management planning process, and thereby obtain improved public river access while protecting the Park's unique backcountry wilderness areas.