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December 7th, a lawsuit was dismissed that alleged that the California Coastal Commission does not have the right to require property owners to allow public access near their beachfront homes. The suit, brought by David Geffen of entertainment recording fame sought to keep people off the beach in front of his home. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge David Yaffe ruled that the September decision by California’s Coastal Commission requiring at least a dozen public pedestrian walkways along Malibu’s 27 miles

If you have scouted or paddled the typically dewatered "Great Falls of the Catawba" near the town of Great Falls, SC, Please contact Kevin Colburn at AW. Please email a trip report and your contact information to kevin@amwhitewater.org or call 828-252-6482.Thanks!

Southern Forests are the fiber basket of the world. As logging decreased in the Pacific Northwest in the early 1990s, it accelerated across the South. Today, the Southern US is the largest wood-producing region in the world, producing 25 percent of the world s paper products and two-thirds of the paper made in the US. According to a 2-year federal study released last November: • The paper industry is the largest consumer of forests in the region, logging about 5

American Whitewater is looking for help from a graphic designer who is willing to volunteer their services to create the design elements necessary for this year’s American Whitewater River Festivals. These design elements would be used in national advertising, local/regional advertising, event posters, t-shirts, the event newspapers etc… The 2003 American Whitewater River Festivals will celebrate the health and well being of the river and its community. The Festivals will bring together river users and outdoor enthusiasts to enjoy a

American Whitewater is looking for help from a graphic designer who is willing to volunteer their services to create the design elements necessary for this year’s American Whitewater River Festivals. These design elements would be used in national advertising, local/regional advertising, event posters, t-shirts, the event newspapers etc… The 2003 American Whitewater River Festivals will celebrate the health and well being of the river and its community. The Festivals will bring together river users and outdoor enthusiasts to enjoy a

The CHRC is a coalition of conservation, sportfishing, and river recreation organizations that works to restore California rivers impaired by hydropower dams. The position description is as follows. Please visit www.calhrc.org for more information about CHRC, or contact CHRC Director Steven Wald with questions specific to the position. Assistant DirectorCalifornia Hydropower Reform CoalitionBerkeley, California The California Hydropower Reform Coalition is seeking a full-time assistantdirector to work with the coalition director in its downtown Berkeleyoffice. The CHRC works to restore and

With the holiday season coming on, some of you may be wanting to shop on line. If you go to the American Whitewater homepage and then click on Gear, Guides, and Services, and then on that page click on Books and Videos, that will take you to a link to Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.com and whitewatervideo.com. If you click on any of those links from that page, AW will get a small percentage of each purchase at no additional

Save a Gauge in an HourBackground on Streamgaging – Sample Letters How do we get a gauge on the Fish? It looks like they have an old gauge house downstream on river left. Did they used to have one and it was shut down? With the help of AW, is there a way to get a gauge? I, myself, live 10 minutes from the Fish. I have no problem checking the gauge when people are wondering. BUT, I would love

American Whitewater Refocuses Events Program to Better Serve Its Mission ASHEVILLE, NC – After nurturing competitive freestyle paddling from its infancy in 1987, American Whitewater (AW) has announced a major shift in its events program for 2003. “AW will step aside as the organizing force for freestyle paddling competition” notes Michael Phelan, AW Events Director. “This move will usher in a new era, building upon our storied history of hosting exceptional whitewater river festivals that started in 1986 with the

Position Available: Events Coordinator American Whitewater is seeking a qualified individual to fill the position of Events Coordinator. This position reports to the Events Director of American Whitewater and is responsible for assisting with the development and implementation of the American Whitewater events program. Interested individuals should mail or email (phone call will not be accepted) a resume to the attention of Michael Phelan, American Whitewater, 20 Battery Park Suite 302, Asheville, NC 28801 by December 9, 2002. Job description

Position Available: Director of Operations American Whitewater is seeking a qualified individual to fill the position of Events Coordinator. This posiiton reports to the Events Director of American Whitewater and is responsible for assisting in the development and implementation of American Whitewater’s events program. Interested individuals should mail or email (phone calls will not be accepted) a resume to the attention of Michael Phelan, American Whitewater, 20 Battery Park, Suite 302 Asheville, NC 28801 by Decemeber 9th. Job Description is

November 14th, 2002 – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) river managers are meeting today to discuss the future implementation of new permits on Oregon’s Lower Deschutes River. The proposed permit system is becoming controversial as outfitters fear the precedent of seeing the nation’s first “Common Pool” permit system being implemented by a federal agency to manage recreational river use.The idea behind a Common Pool permit system is that it is managed without allocating use between commercial outffiters and the

Top 10 Conservation and Access Issues 2002/2003American Whitewater is poised for another amazing year of river advocacy, possibly one of our most impressive ever. In the next 12 months the AW team will be bringing you releases on several phenomenal new rivers that will revolutionize paddling in those regions, protecting and restoring fair public access to some of the nations greatest rivers, conserving thousands of acres of riverside land, representing you in the halls of federal government, and working hard

Moab, Utah – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has changed the permit system on Westwater Canyon for 2003. According to the BLM website (www.blm.gov/utah/moab/ww-info.html the permit system was changed “in response to high cancellation rates associated with the annual lottery over the last several years.”The BLM received 2500 permit applications and only issued 431 permits via the lottery this year, unfortunately there was a 60% attrition or cancellation rate during July-Sept. While 2002 was a low water year, this

According to a new proposal from the Army, the New River is likely to remain open to navigation in the four-mile section where it flows past the Radford Army Ammunition Plant in Virginia. This is a huge victory to protect traditional American freedoms from unnecessary restraints in the wake of 9/11.American Whitewater and our membership wrote dozens of letters, attended meetings, and made phone calls seeking to protect this access.The Army’s recommendation is consistent with American Whitewater’s comments. The decision