Writing a River Permits Primer

Dear Friends and Volunteers,

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As you know American Whitewater is widely considered an expert on the nuts and bolts of river permitting and how permits are viewed by recreationists. Our expertise helps us to lend a unique perspective to discussions with river management agencies that compliments the desire of river managers to control or monitor use through permits. We have begun recording our experiences in order to share our expertise with our volunteers as well as river managers. Now, we would like your help.

Please take some time to read our DRAFT white paper on river permits )the links are provided above). We would like to hear your opinions, and to share in your expertise as American Whitewater volunteers and river runners. This draft version is current as of June 2002; we will be updating it with your observations and comments this summer and plan to make a final version available in September 2003 on www.AmericanWhitewater.org/access.

Please send your comments to me via email at Jason@awa.org, or call me at 866-BOAT-4-American Whitewater, or via snail mail at 1424 Fenwick Lane, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

Thank you,
Jason Robertson
Access Director