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Spring is in the air and as another great paddling season comes into focus, we hope that you'll consider making a contribution to American Whitewater on GiveBig Day – Wednesday, May 9. GiveBIG is a one day event through the Seattle Foundation that makes your donation to American Whitewater go further.    It's a great way to support our efforts which are exclusively focused on conserving and restoring whitewater rivers. Protecting free-flowing rivers, restoring flows to impacted rivers and ensuring that the

The May/June issue of the AW Journal is available in the "Library". This issue includes 'Kids and Whitewater. . .fun for all ages on the water!  Read the issue now online or download your copy. When Kid Trips go Well A Father's Perspective on Teaching Boating New Release Plans for the Great Falls of the Catawba (SC) Sunset Falls Dam Project on SF Skykomish (WA) Court Guarantees New MinimumFlows on the Dolores (CO) Conservation for Future River Runners and much more.

We still have space available for our annual Rogue River trip with Northwest Rafting Company. Come out and celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act with American Whitewater staff and similar likeminded river lovers. For the past few years, the staff of America Whitewater has joined with a number of our members to participate in a four-day float trip on the Rogue River in southern Oregon. This trip has been a great opportunity to connect with members

May 5th is Cheatfest Weekend; it's also the first Saturday Upper Yough release of 2018. If water levels coopperate hundreds of white water paddlers will converge on this fabulous class IV-V run and the small town of Friendsville, MD.  American Whitewater maintains access points at Sang Run and Friendsville to make getting on the water easy. We remind everyone that we are guests in this beautiful town. Please be courteous when using the parking area. Don't drink alcohol in public,

American Whitewater is proud to recognize attorney Ryan Kane and the Law Firm of Tarrant, Gillies & Richardson for their extraordinary efforts to protect whitewater boating on the Green River in Vermont. The firm tirelessly and skillfully represented AW and Vermont Paddlers Club on their appeal to the Vermont Superior Court, Environmental Division, of Vermont Agency on Natural Resources restrictions on whitewater releases by Morrisville Water & Light in the FERC relicensing of the hydropower project on the Green River.

THIS WEEK ONLY! American Whitewater is happy to announce that we have partnered with FLOAT to bring you limited edition Nankoweap granaries trail inspired river stewardship T shirts and hoodies available this week only! For every shirt sold FLOAT will donate $8 to American Whitewater to help us restore rivers. Head on over to www.float.org and shop today – lots of styles and colors to choose from! Wear your love for wild rivers and support our stewardship work to protect, restore and and

  Take the Verde River (AZ) Optimal Flow Survey! Help the University of Arizona and the Forest Service determine what minimum river flows are appropriate to sustain and protect high-quality recreation experience opportunities on the Verde. http://bit.ly/2GuJOS8

(Pilar, NM) Mother’s Day Rio Grande Whitewater Races, the second oldest, organized river race in the country, will once again host kayakers and rafters, canoeists, spectators, campers, and Dutch Oven Cook-off competitors, from May 11 to 13.  The races will be held on the 4.5-mile, Class III section of the Rio Grande known as the “Racecourse”, which begins just south of Taos, in Pilar, and runs along NM State Road 68.  The three-day event is being hosted by the New

Our longtime Membership Director, Carla Miner, has announced her retirement effective at the end of this year. Many of you have exchanged emails or spoken on the phone with Carla over the years. Carla’s pleasant disposition and helpful attitude have set a high bar for membership expectations. Please join with me in wishing Carla all the best as she steps away from her important role at American Whitewater.   Her impending retirement leaves open an extremely important job within the

Our friends at California Canoe & Kayak are ready for the 6th Annual Opening Day on the South Fork American River benefitting American Whitewater – are you?  Sponsored by Jackson Kayak and Ninkasi Brewery this year’s Opening Day proceeds will be specifically earmarked for legal efforts to improve safety and conditions at Ward’s Ferry Bridge the take-out for the Wild & Scenic Tuolumne River. Come join in the fun! What: Opening Day 2018! Instructional Clinics during the day with Team Jackson;

Rejecting the idea that their hydroelectric project causes any impact at Ward's Ferry Bridge, Modesto and Turlock Irrigation Districts (the Districts) filed a request for trial-type hearing before an administrative law judge that challenges the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) preliminary conditions to improve the long-standing whitewater take-out for the Wild & Scenic Tuolumne River. This past January BLM filed preliminary terms and conditions for the Don Pedro Hydroelectric Project 2299 which included requirements for long overdue improvements for safety

This past fall American Whitewater met with Ohiopyle State Park managers to discuss possible updates to their whitewater paddling regulations. The first topic was to change the rules governing raft sizes at different water levels to recognize the capabilities of self-bailing rafts. Shorter self-bailing boats will now be allowed to run the river at high water. Some small changes to the regulations will make Ohiopyle Falls more accessible to paddlers. A change in the way the gauge is interpreted should

The Salmon-Challis National Forest has produced a draft Wild and Scenic River Eligibility Report as part of their forest plan revision process. The public can comment on the eligibility report in support of the Forest Service protecting a suite of streams as "eligible" for future Wild and Scenic designation. This week, American Whitewater submitted our own comments, and we encourage paddlers to explore the Forest Service's proposed river protections and send in a comment of your own.  The Salmon Challis