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Aug 14, 2025
Gore Fest 2025
After eight years of hosting Gore Fest, American Whitewater is excited to announce we fully passed the festival off to the incredibly capable hands of the folks at Whitewater Racing […]
Aug 16, 2022
Gore Fest 2022 is ON!
Gore Fest is on! The classic downriver race through Gore Canyon and Upper Colorado SUP Race is scheduled for Saturday, August 27th with a freestyle rodeo on the morning of […]
Jul 8, 2020
Wild and Scenic with a Local Touch: Protecting the Upper Colorado River
After 12 years of hard work, the Upper Colorado River Wild and Scenic Alternative Management Plan was finalized and formally accepted by the BLM and USFS to protect and enhance […]
Mar 10, 2020
Upper Colorado Management Plan to be Finalized by June
American Whitewater has been the lead recreational voice in the development of a management plan to protect the paddling values on Upper Colorado from Kremmling to No Name, in Glenwood […]
Oct 10, 2019
Upper Colorado River User Survey
Upper Colorado River Paddlers, we need your feedback! We’re asking you to participate in a short survey on behalf of the Upper Colorado River Wild and Scenic Stakeholder Group. The […]
Aug 7, 2019
Gore Canyon Festival (CO) is coming up August 23rd-25th
American Whitewater is pleased to announce the 2019 Gore Canyon Festival taking place August 23-25th on the Upper Colorado River. This annual event is one of the country’s most exciting […]
Aug 9, 2017
Gore Fest 2017 is a few weeks away!
Bond, Colorado – American Whitewater is happy to announce the Gore Canyon Festival – August 25-27th 2017. Online registration is open! The Gore Canyon Festival is the premiere whitewater event […]
Nov 22, 2014
Breaking Ground on the Gore Canyon Whitewater Park – CO
Grand County, Colorado – Right where the Colorado River emerges from Gore Canyon and enters the meandering flats of the Pumphouse Recreation Area, a new whitewater park is being constructed. […]
Aug 23, 2014
Gore Canyon Whitewater Park secures Permit from BLM
Kremmling, Colorado – The Proposed Gore Canyon Whitewater Park has been given a green-light by the US BLM. In a recent decision, the BLM awarded Grand County access to construct […]
Jun 13, 2014
AW Intervenes in Colorado River Water Rights Case
Glenwood Springs, Colorado – The Colorado River flows through scenic Glenwood Canyon and the City of Glenwood Springs, and provides some of the best whitewater boating opportunities in the State […]
Feb 28, 2012
Action Alert – Support Fall Boating on the Upper Colorado River!
Grand County, Colorado – American Whitewater has been working tirelessly to protect healthy streamflows and recreational boating on the Upper Colorado River. As part of this effort, AW is working […]
Jan 13, 2012
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 management of lands within the area. Their draft Resource Management Plan (dRMP) has […]
Jan 6, 2012
Shape the Future of Flows in the Colorado River – Comments due January 17th!
The Bureau of Land Management’s Colorado River Valley Field Office (CRVFO) is currently seeking public comment on the future management of lands within the area. Their draft Resource Management Plan […]
Dec 6, 2011
Upper Colorado River Receives Legal Flow Protection
Colorado – On November 30th, 2011 the State of Colorado filed for three separate water rights applications in Colorado Water Court, with the intent to preserve streamflows critical to the […]
Oct 11, 2011
BLM Releases Draft RMP/EIS for Upper Colorado River- CO
Colorado – The long anticipated Draft Resource Management Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DRMP/DEIS) for the Bureau of Land Management’s Kremmling and Colorado River Valley Field Offices has been […]
Mar 8, 2011
Management Plan submitted for Upper Colorado River (CO)
Colorado – The Upper Colorado River Wild and Scenic Stakeholder Group represents a diverse range of interests who have worked together since 2007 to develop an Upper Colorado River Wild […]
Jan 31, 2011
Recreational Water Rights Sought for the Upper Colorado River
Colorado – As part of an ongoing effort to improve whitewater recreation and economic opportunities in the local region, the Grand County Board of Comissioners has applied for surface water […]
Sep 14, 2010
Save The Colorado Campaign Awards AW (CO)
Fort Collins, CO – The Save the Colorado River Campaign Fund announced its grants for 2010. In total, $150,000 was donated to ten environmental groups from the top of the […]
Aug 17, 2010
2010 Gore Canyon Race
Colorado – The “Timberline Gore Canyon 2010” event is on! This is a classic Class V whitewater race that brings together the finest whitewater rafters, kayakers and paddlers of all […]
Aug 3, 2010
Pack It Out! Day on Upper Colorado River
KREMMLING, Colo. — “WAG Bags” may not currently be on the equipment lists of many river rafters, but the Bureau of Land Management in Kremmling and several partners will be […]
Aug 27, 2009
Upper Colorado River – Project Update
The Upper Colorado Protection Project The Upper Colorado River is the largest source of supplemental water supplies for Denver and Colorado’s Front Range, where water providers have used numerous reservoirs […]
Aug 25, 2009
AW Preserving Boating Opportunities on the Upper Colorado River
The Upper Colorado River Stakeholders Group will submit a draft resource management plan alternative for the US BLM’s Kremmling and Glenwood Springs Field Offices. The Stakeholders Group is working together […]
Aug 12, 2009
Gore Race 2009 – Get on It!
Timberline Tours and American Whitewater Present the 2009 Gore Canyon RaceSaturday, August 22, 2009 This is the classic Class V whitewater race on the Upper Colorado River that brings together the […]
Oct 4, 2008
Upper Colorado River in danger of being Flat-Lined!
The Bureau of Reclamation has released the long-awaited Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Windy Gap Firming Project. If approved, the Project will increase transmountain diversions from the headwaters […]
Oct 4, 2008
Upper Colorado River in danger of being Flat-Lined!
The Bureau of Reclamation has released the long-awaited Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the Windy Gap Firming Project. If approved, the Project will increase transmountain diversions from the headwaters […]
Aug 20, 2008
AW helps develop Upper Colorado River Management Plan
In 2007, the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released it’s report on the eligibility of rivers in the Upper Colorado River basin for Wild and Scenic River designation. In […]
Aug 20, 2008
AW helps develop Upper Colorado River Management Plan
In 2007, the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released it’s report on the eligibility of rivers in the Upper Colorado River basin for Wild and Scenic River designation. In […]
Nov 21, 2007
Lane Wyatt: AW’s Volunteer of the Month
Lane Wyatt has been instrumental in protecting recreational stream flows by supporting Recreational In-Channel Diversions and Instream Flow appropriations in headwaters regions of Colorado. As manager of the Upper Colorado […]
Oct 22, 2007
Flow Survey for Upper Colorado River Basin
Earlier in 2007, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Glenwood Springs and Kremmling Field Offices, completed a Wild and Scenic Rivers Eligibility study as part of a revision of their […]
Apr 27, 2007
Colorado River up for Wild and Scenic Designation
BLM has recently identified the Upper Colorado River as eligible for Wild and Scenic River status, which must be designated by Congress. This eligible rating immediately gives the river […]
May 30, 2001
Circling in on Fee Demo
Contents of a twelve-minute presentation by Access Director Jason Robertson for a Fee Demo round table sponsored by the Outdoor Recreation Coalition of America (ORCA) on May 16th at the […]
Feb 13, 2001
Congratulations! Gangemi Named River Conservationist of 2000
Gangemi Joins River Conservation’s ‘Who’s Who’ (Silver Spring, MD) – John Gangemi, Conservation Director for American Whitewater, has been awarded the River Conservationist of the Year Award for 2000, by […]
Jan 26, 2001
Keep those FERC Comments Coming: Deadline Feb. 1
Action Alert: Expedited FERC Hydroelectric Licensing Procedures Your Comments Needed to Protect Rivers Undergoing Hydropower Relicensing. Your comments can make the difference between dry river channels and restored rivers! Two […]
Jan 15, 2001
Action Alert: Hydropower Relicense Process Reviewed
Your Comments Needed to Protect Rivers Undergoing Hydropower Relicensing. Your comments can make the difference between dry river channels and restored rivers! Comment Electronically by February 1, 2001. See Comment […]
Oct 27, 2000
HISTORY ON NISQUALLY WHITEWATER RELEASES
Nisqually Whitewater ReleasesWELCOME BACK BOATERS? John Gangemi, American Whitewater Conservation Director Boaters gathered excitedly on November 21, 1998 in anticipation of whitewater restoration in the Class V La Grande Canyon […]