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New York State Electric & Gas Corporation (NYSEG) has filed an application with the FERC for a new license for the Rainbow Falls Hydroelectric Project, FERC Project No. P-2835-005 on the Ausable River. The existing hydropower project does not allow public access to the Ausable River to boat the Ausable Chasm. NYSEG would like to preclude access for the next 30 years. American Whitewater disagrees. In our opinion the new license should allow the public access to the Ausable River

February 13, 2002 Late last week, American Whitewater board members and Colorado residents Jay Kenney and Adam Eichberg learned of proposed changes to Colorado State laws that would allow law enforcement to control and even close whitewater rivers in the state. Following quick action on their part, the Colorado DNR asked the bill’s sponsor, Tim Fritz (R-Larimer), to strike the proposed changes and leave the law the way it is.The purpose of the amendment (HB 02-1091) was never to maliciously

When: Sunday, February 24th from 10 to 2:30Where: University of Kentucky, site of the NPFF, Lexington, KYWhat: American Whitewater’s staff of nationally recognized experts will present the first River Steward Summit for river activists. And it’s FREE! From river conservation and access to initiating and planning a river festival and rodeo judging, this will be a primer for current activists as well as anyone who’s ever wanted to learn how. We will commence at 10 with a welcome from Executive

February 10, 2002: The Washington Post reports that millions of gallons of partially treated sewage was released into the Potomac at Hagerstown, MD, which is 60 miles upriver from Great Falls on Antietam Creek. “There should not be” any deterioration of water quality in the Washington area from the sewage, McIntire said. Similar spills have occurred in the past without ill effects, he said. – Washington Post The Maryland Department of the Environment told the Post that they expected dilution

February 7th, 2002FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Dave Knox (828) 252-0728 2002 Teva Tour Online Registration to Start February 15th at Active.com.Asheville, NC—For 2002, AW will be beginning the online registration process for all athletes wishing to participate in the 2002 Teva Tour starting February 15th.American Whitewater and Teva have teamed up to deliver a series of the fourteen best whitewater events all culminating with the first ever National Championships. The series includes four regional geographic circuits located in the Northeast, Southeast,

February 7th, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Dave Knox (828) 252-0728 2002 Teva Tour Online Registration to Start February 15th at Active.com. Asheville, NC—For 2002, AW will be beginning the online registration process for all athletes wishing to participate in the 2002 Teva Tour starting February 15th. American Whitewater and Teva have teamed up to deliver a series of the fourteen best whitewater events all culminating with the first ever National Championships. The series includes four regional geographic circuits located in

February 7th, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Dave Knox (828) 252-0728 2002 Teva Tour Online Registration to Start February 15th at Active.com. Asheville, NC—For 2002, AW will be beginning the online registration process for all athletes wishing to participate in the 2002 Teva Tour starting February 15th. American Whitewater and Teva have teamed up to deliver a series of the fourteen best whitewater events all culminating with the first ever National Championships. The series includes four regional geographic circuits located in

Trends in OR LawState Lands Division StudyState Land Board Decision February 7, 2002 American Whitewater and the Northwest Steelheaders helped Oregon’s residents win a major navigability victory on the Sandy River this week. Oregon’s State Land Board ruled on February 5th that the lower 37.5 mile section of the Sandy River is navigable under Federal law. This decision follows more than 5 years of hard work by American Whitewater and the steady leadership of the Northwest Steelheaders Association. Division of

USGS Budget Threatened for FY03 HELP! Streamgaging FY03Whitewater ThreatsWater Quality Cuts129 Gauges at RiskState ListingsFY03 Water HighlightsAW’s History with USGS STREAMGAGING BUDGET February 4, 2002 President Bush unveiled his budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2003. The Administration has recommended cutting the USGS Streamgaging program by $2.1 million (15%) from the 2002 enacted level of $14.3 million. If approved by Congress, this will result in the effective termination of 129 streamgages. Unless alternative funding is located, these gauges will be terminated

The Wilderness ActPublic Law 88-57788th Congress, S. 4September 3, 1964 An Act To establish a National Wilderness Preservation System for the permanent good of the whole people, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, Short Title Section 1. This Act may be cited as the "Wilderness Act". Wilderness System Established Statement of Policy Sec. 2. (a) In order to assure that an increasing population,

American Whitewater has just received two different reports from American Whitewater members that the Raven Fork has been closed again by the Cherokee.For those unfamiliar with the issue, the Raven Fork passes through the Cherokee Reservation in Western North Carolina near Bryson City. The Cherokee have entered a dizzying cycle of opening and closing the river on a nearly biannual basis.Randall Carr reported that he and his brother were barred from boating the river on January 26, 2002. “We were

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 20 Battery Park Suite 302 Asheville, NC  28801                                                                                                                                     January25, 2002     FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Contact:           DavidKnox       (828) 252-0728 or dave@amwhitewater.org                         MichaelPhelan(828) 252-0728 or michael@amwhitewater.org   American Whitewater Freestyle (AWF) and the United StatesFreestyle Kayak Association (USFKA) To Offer Whitewater Freestyle JudgeTraining Courses Across The Country   Asheville, NC- American Whitewater, the nation’s premierwhitewater event organizing body, and the USFKA, the rule governing body offreestyle kayaking in the US, have

Upper-Gatineau Whitewater Festival August 24th & 25th, 2002By Don KarnLEARN ABOUT THREATS TO CANADA’S RIVERSLEARN ABOUT THE GATINEAU FESTIVAL AT WWW.GATINEAU.ORGAt one of the early editions of the Upper-Gatineau Whitewater Festival, Jasmin Lefevre, co-founder of the festival, stood admiring the crowds of paddlers at the Bonnet Rouge Rapids pull-out. He was heard to mutter, in an odd mixture of awe and exasperation that he found it inconceivable that anyone, who had ever paddled the Festival section of the Gatineau between