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Thomas O’Keefe

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Thomas O’Keefe Projects

Upper Colorado River (CO)

American Whitewater has led the recreational boating voice in the management of the Upper Colorado River since... [read more]

Conservation and Access for Volcano Country Rivers (OR/WA)

Washington's legendary volcanoes – Mount Rainier, Mount St. Helens, and Mount Adams – are the source of... [read more]

Lower Salmon River (ID)

The Lower Salmon is a very special place, located downstream of the iconic whitewater town of Riggins,... [read more]

Deerfield River Flows & Access (MA)

On October 5, 1994, American Whitewater signed a landmark settlement agreement with the New England Power Company,... [read more]

Yosemite NP Right to Float (CA)

On Friday, April 24, 2015 the Merced River in Yosemite National Park was officially reopened to paddlers.... [read more]

Jim Falls (WI)

The Jim Falls Hydroelectric Project (FERC P-2491) provides whitewater releases during the summer months for recreation. While... [read more]

Stewardship in the Mountains to Sound Greenway (WA)

The Mountains to Sound Greenway stretches more than 100 miles along Interstate 90 from the shores of... [read more]

Mokelumne River Flows and Access (CA)

On Friday, July 21, 2000, American Whitewater along with other recreation groups, environmental organizations, state and federal... [read more]

American Whitewater Articles

AW and Friends Protect Right To Paddle In South Carolina!

Yesterday, American Whitewater and our partners won an important case in the South Carolina Circuit Court, in... [read more]

License Denied for New Dam on Bear River (ID)

This week the Federal Energy Regulatory Commissioned (FERC) issued a final order denying a license for the... [read more]

2016 Summer Releases Mokelumne River – Electra to Middle Bar (CA)

In the settlement negotiations that preceded the 2001 license order for the FERC Mokelumne River Project #137,... [read more]

American Whitewater’s 2016 Summer Appeal

American Whitewater works to protect and restore whitewater rivers across the country, and we rely on your... [read more]

Take Action: Bad Hydropower Legislation Still in Play

Many of you weighed in earlier this year on the Energy Bill and specifically some very troubling... [read more]

Governor Appeal to Protect Spokane River (WA) Flows

Citizens ask Gov. to reopen agency decision that ignored jobs, tourism, boaters, scenery   Spokane – Advocates... [read more]

Montana National Forest Proposes New Stream Protections

The Flathead National Forest is a treasure trove of whitewater paddling thanks to the three forks of... [read more]

AW Seeks Flow Restoration on the New River Dries (WV)

Immediately downstream of the New River Gorge, a beautiful 5.5-mile section of the New River has been... [read more]
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