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Thomas O’Keefe

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Thomas O’Keefe Projects

Merced Wild and Scenic River

The headwaters of the Wild and Scenic Merced River begin in the iconic Yosemite National Park. The... [read more]

Big South Fork of the Cache la Poudre River Access (CO)

Big South is Colorado wilderness paddling at it's best! Access to the river, however, has been increasingly... [read more]

Gore Canyon Whitewater Park (CO)

As part of comprehensive management planning for the Upper Colorado River, Grand County obtained a Recreational In-Channel... [read more]

San Miguel River (CO)

For over ten years, American Whitewater has worked to improve public access, protect flows, and restore riparian... [read more]

Cache la Poudre River Northern Integrated Supply Project (CO)

American Whitewater has been actively engaged in advocacy on the Northern Integrated Supply Project (NISP), which proposes... [read more]

Animas River Tacoma-Ames Hydro (CO)

For several Years, American Whitewater has worked to improve public access at the Tacoma Hydroelectric facility on... [read more]

Sunset Falls Hydropower Development

On September 28, 2011, Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County filed an application for a... [read more]

Similkameen River (BC/WA)

American Whitewater supports protecting the environmental, recreational, and other values of a fully connected and continuously flowing... [read more]

Thomas O’Keefe Articles

2007 Changes to Green and Yampa Permits

There are two changes that will occur with the permit process for 2007 on the Green and... [read more]

AW Partners with BLM on New River Database

The Bureau of Land Management recently announced the completion of the National BLM River Database.  The database is a... [read more]

2006 Gauley River Festival

Wow, what a festival! With not much water elsewhere in the country, thousands of paddlers flocked to... [read more]

Coleman Awarded AW Steward of the Year Award

American Whitewater and Wave Sport presented the AW Steward of the Year Award to Charlene Coleman of... [read more]

AW Voices Support For the Owyhee Initiative (ID)

A bill is currently in the Senate that would designate 384 miles of Wild and Scenic Rivers,... [read more]

Judge Restore Roadless Protections Nationwide

On September 20th, Federal Judge Elizabeth Laporte of the U.S. District Court in San Francisco reinstated a ban... [read more]

Black Canyon of the Gunnison to Get More Water (CO)

Trout Unlimited and Western Resource Advocates recently won a court victory overthrowing an agreement between the US... [read more]

September/ October Cresta Releases Canceled on Feather (CA)

The USFS upon the recommendation of their amphibian biologist has canceled the two remaining Saturday Cresta releases... [read more]
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