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Thomas O’Keefe

Thomas O’Keefe Projects

Some of the best bigwater wave surfing in the eastern U.S. can be found below Holtwood Dam... [read more]
The Lehigh River is a pretty dam-controlled river in eastern Pennsylvania. It offers paddlers several sections of... [read more]
The Saranac is beautiful river, mostly in the Adirondack Park boundaries. High Falls Gorge is a spectacular... [read more]
A series of four dams on the Klamath River (originally licensed as FERC P-2082 and then as... [read more]
Water allocation has always been - and always will be - a major issue in the arid... [read more]
Boaters have a long history of working for protection of the Green River Gorge. Explored by Wolf... [read more]
During the relicensing of the Prospect 1,2, 4 Hydropower Project (FERC P-2630) which was relicensed in 2008,... [read more]
The Elwha Project (FERC P-2683) and Glines Canyon Project (FERC P-588) were two hydroelectric dams on the... [read more]

Thomas O’Keefe Articles

The state of Illinois has proposed a new dam safety law.  The proposed law includes the establishment... [read more]
No river in the country defines fall paddling quite as well as the Gauley. Located in the... [read more]
No river in the country defines fall paddling quite as well as the Gauley. Located in the... [read more]
 South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster has issued a legal opinion regarding the public’s rights to navigable... [read more]
 South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster has issued a legal opinion regarding the public’s rights to navigable... [read more]
The USGS announced today that a number of their streamgages are threatened by loss of funding.  The... [read more]
Tributaries of the lower Rogue River and the rivers of Mt. Hood will be the subject of... [read more]
Right now the largest land and river protection bill in recent history is in the US Senate,... [read more]