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Hood River Access (OR)

Hood River Access Project With the completion of the project to remove Powerdale Dam in 2010 and... [read more]

Clean Water Act

For over fifty years, the Clean Water Act has been the foundation of our nation’s commitment to... [read more]

Browns Canyon National Monument (CO)

Browns Canyon National Monument was designated in 2015 to protect one of Colorado’s most cherished stretches of... [read more]

Green River Diversion Structure

In late March 2017, American Whitewater celebrated the official opening of boat passage through the Tusher Diversion... [read more]

Crooked River (OR)

Central Oregon's Wild and Scenic Crooked River flows through stunning basalt canyons in Central Oregon's high desert.... [read more]

Smith Creek Flow Management (ID)

American Whitewater staff and volunteers have at times sought a collaborative effort to reduce the recreational impacts... [read more]

West Canada Creek Relicensing (NY)

For decades, West Canada Creek from Middleville to Herkimer, N.Y., proved a reliable beginner/intermediate run with consistent... [read more]

Green River Releases (VT)

The Green River in Vermont provides a remote ,scenic, and exciting whitewater boating opportunity below the Green... [read more]

American Whitewater Articles

ACTION ALERT: Grand Canyon: Glen Canyon Dam Comments Due Jan 31!

The future of the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam will be decided in the not so... [read more]

Forest Service Announces New Planning Rule

Jan. 26, 2012 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today signaled the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s intent to issue... [read more]

American Whitewater Website RFP

American Whitewater is looking for an oustanding vendor to help us build the next version of our... [read more]

New Study: Enloe Project on Similkameen River Not Cost Effective (WA)

Today, the Columbia Bioregional Education Project (CBEP), joined by several conservation groups including American Whitewater, issued a... [read more]

Year of the River: Episode 3, Elwha River (WA)

Currently underway, the Elwha River restoration project is the biggest dam removal effort in history (see today's... [read more]

Sign-Ins Required for the Upper Blackwater

After a second fatality on West Virginia's Upper Blackwater River in just over two years Blackwater Falls... [read more]

Opposing Susitna Dam (AK)

American Whitewater has formally weighed in to oppose the Susitna Dam in Alaska. In July 2011 the... [read more]

Colorado River Flows – Round II! Kremmling Comments due January 17th.

The Bureau of Land Management’s Kremmling Field Office (KFO) is currently seeking public comment on the future... [read more]
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