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The Whitewater Symposium is a three-day annual event to be held for the first time October 3 – 5, 2003 at Zoar Outdoor on the Deerfield River in western Massachusetts and in future years, at other paddling schools around the country. It seeks to advance the sport of whitewater paddling by bringing together key players from all aspects of the whitewater spectrum including freestyle, river running, racing, rescue and rodeo. It is an opportunity for paddlers to exchange ideas about

The Sixth Annual French Broad River Festival, a benefit for Eliada Home for Children and American Whitewater, will take place on May 9 and 10, 2003 in beautiful Hot Springs, North Carolina, just 45 minutes north of Asheville, at the Hot Springs Campground and Spa. Come spend the weekend with family and friends listening to great regional music, shopping for new outdoor gear at the Silent Auction or with one of our many vendors, and watching or participating in either

2003 Potomac Whitewater Festival The 2003 Potomac Whitewater Festival will feature a series a dazzling contests requiring kayakers to demonstrate mastery of the fast-moving water near Great Falls on the Potomac River. This three-day whitewater extravaganza is the only event of its kind in the DC area…don’t miss it! The competition venue will be at Great Falls Park, Virginia. Events ranging from head-spinning rodeo to upstream and downstream sprints to the adrenaline-inducing Great Falls Race will be held on the

Come enjoy a tremendous day of music on Oakley Farm in Spotsylvania VA at the Keller Williams Freek Fest 2 “Acoustic boogaloo” on Saturday April 26th. Freek Fest 2 will benefit the Virginia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts Education Foundation, which was created to ensure the education of tomorrow’s conservation leaders. The Virginia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts (VASWCD, www.vaswcd.org) is a non-profit organization of 47 districts throughout the state that provide and promote leadership in

The Sixth Annual French Broad River Festival, a benefit for Eliada Home for Children and American Whitewater, will take place on May 9 and 10, 2003 in beautiful Hot Springs, North Carolina, just 45 minutes north of Asheville, at the Hot Springs Campground and Spa. Come spend the weekend with family and friends listening to great regional music, shopping for new outdoor gear at the Silent Auction or with one of our many vendors, and watching or participating in either

  On April 14, 2003 the Montana House failed to pass SB287, a bill requiring non-motorized boats to be registered in thestate.  SB 287 was defeated by a 45 to 53vote on the House floor.  AmericanWhitewater and local volunteers have posted updatesdesigned to educate state legislators on the shortcomings of the proposedlegislation.  Fortunately, a majority ofthe legislators also recognized the legislation unfairly placed the fundingburden on boaters for state facilities used equally by shore based recreationists.    Some individuals labeled

The American River Festival will benefit the American River Conservancy, a local, private, non-profit, river conservation organization and 10% of the proceeds will be donated to American Whitewater a national non-profit river conservation organization committed to restoring America’s whitewater resources and enhancing opportunities to enjoy them safely. The events will be held on the South Fork of the American River, one of the most popular whitewater rivers in California. Its large and loyal river community, drawn from all over Northern

Competitors and Spectators Come Join the Fun at the 2003 American River Festival<p>The American River Conservancy, a local, private, non-profit, river conservation organization and American Whitewater a nationwide non-profit river conservation organization committed to restoring America’s whitewater resources and enhancing opportunities to enjoy them safely.<p>The events will be held on the South Fork of the American River, one of the most popular whitewater rivers in California. Its large and loyal river community, drawn from all over Northern California, has made

Hydropower Legislation Gets Worse Than You Thought–DefendRivers from Hydropower Utilities   The House of Representatives is aggressively moving anenergy bill, and the full House is expected to vote on the bill THIS week(April 7-11). Contact your representative and encourage them to support RepresentativeDingell’s hydropower amendment to the energy bill that will uphold existingstandards for protecting rivers and fish!  PLEASE ACT TODAY.   Representative Dingell’s (D-MI) amendment would remove theenergy bill’s ill-conceived hydropower title, which will make hydropowerlicensing slower, more expensive,

Coming May 10th…The AW Sherman…Order Your’s Today! Lotus Designs and American Whitewater have teamed up to support AW’s work in the conservation and restoration of America’s whitewater and the opportunities to enjoy it. Funds from the purchase of the AW Sherman swimvest will further American Whitewater’s efforts to restore hundreds of river segments dewatered by hydropower dams. Visit http://www.lotusdesigns.com to buy your AW Sherman PFD today!

The biggest river conservation bill in California history is making its way through Congress. This Spring, Senator Barbara Boxer will reintroduce the bill — the California Wild Heritage Act — hopefully with support from California’s senior Senator, Dianne Feinstein. Hundreds of conservation and recreation groups and businesses, including American Whitewater and Friends of the River, have worked tirelessly to gain support from Senator Feinstein. Now YOUR help is needed in this crucial hour, as the clock ticks toward reintroduction. Please

Now is a critical time for the future management of the Chattoogaas the USFS works to revise the Sumter Forest Plan. This is our best chance toinfluence the management of the entire Chattooga River for the next 10 -15 years.All of the letter writing regarding the Chattooga River over the past 6 years has gotten us to this point. Now is crunch time as we enter the final stretch. Our Goal by July 3, 2003 We want to mobilize significant

Through a series of events in subsequent years, the SkyFest has come to be known as the premier whitewater event in the Puget Sound area. While there will be no river festival this year (the volunteers who have organized this event are taking a year off to do some boating, with plans to bring the event back to the river in 2004), Skyfest will be hosting a film festival to take place the first two Fridays in April. We thank

Monitoring Suggests That Whitewater Releases May Have Affected Frog Egg Masses