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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

The national paddling film festval sponsored by the Bluegrass Wildwater Association and American Whitewater takes its show on the road! On April 5, 2003, the national paddling film festival travels to Asheville, NC for an exciting night featuring some of the paddling world’s best videos. This event features such notable films as “The Search 2”, “Paddlesnake Hunters”, “Painkillers 2”, and Corran Addison’s “End Game.” The event is a benefit for American Whitewater, and all proceeds go directly to improvements in

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!

A proposal to build 71 homes and a private golf course adjacent to the scenic Snake River about 17 miles south of the Town of Jackson has caused a stir among environmentalists, river outfitters and outdoor enthusiasts. The project, known as the Canyon Club, is anticipated to cause the loss of 18 bald eagles on or near the development. The area in question provides some of the highest quality bald eagle nesting and foraging habitat within the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem,

CHEAT CANYON LAND CRISISALLEGHENY ENERGY PUTS THEIR LAND OUT TO BID (Please forward this email this to other paddlers you know who care about the Cheat Canyon and Big Sandy Rivers) There?s good news and bad news about the Cheat River Canyon. The bad news is that Allegheny Energy has decided to put the land on the open market. But The good news is that the Governor of West Virginia has come out strongly in favor of purchasing it! The

FREE DVD PLAYER AND LVM SUBSCRIPTION! – American Whitewater club affiliates have between now and July 31st to get 35% of their club members to join American Whitewater. If your club meets this requirement, you will receive a FREE DVD player and one year DVD subscription to Lunch Video Magazine AND a ‘best of’ LVM DVD! The program starts retroactively, from the first of January – so if you’ve already had 35% of your club join AW, you can take

American Whitewater has announced that Clif Bar, Inc. will be a Contributing Sponsor of the 2003 American Whitewater River Festivals, and has joined American Whitewater to introduce the American Whitewater/Clif Bar Flowing Rivers Campaign, pledging $3,000 to American Whitewater Affiliate Clubs. The American Whitewater / Clif Bar Flowing Rivers Campaign offers AW Affiliate Clubs the opportunity to apply for one of six $500 grants. Grants will be distributed to clubs for projects that best promote conservation, access and/or safety education