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Area CEO’s, Sportsmen, Businesses, Conservation & Recreation groups thank Murray, Kilmer for reintroducing Wild Olympics bill this congress   QUILCENE, Wash. (June 4, 2015 )  The Wild Olympics Coalition, which includes American Whitewater, today cheered the introduction of the Wild Olympics Wilderness & Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by Senator Patty Murray and Representative Derek Kilmer to permanently protect more than 126,500 acres of Olympic National Forest as wilderness and 19 rivers and their major tributaries, a total of 464

Throughout the rest of 2015, American Whitewater will be working hard across the country to protect and restore the rivers that you love, and ensure that the public can enjoy them safely. As you'll see in our 2015 Summer Appeal, we've got our work cut out for us, from addressing the impacts of the drought in California and making progress towards removing deadbeat dams in the Pacific Northwest, to keeping water in Colorado's rivers and advocating for Wild and Scenic

Throughout the rest of 2015, American Whitewater will be working hard across the country to protect and restore the rivers that you love, and ensure that everyone can enjoy them safely. As you'll see in our 2015 Summer Appeal, we've got our work cut out for us, from addressing the impacts of the drought in California and making progress towards removing deadbeat dams in the Pacific Northwest, to keeping water in Colorado's rivers and advocating for Wild and Scenic protections in

On Friday, June 5th 2015 at 8:30 – 10:30pm join Mark Singleton, Executive Director of American Whitewater, and DC boaters for a fundraiser in support of American Whitewater’s river stewardship program that supports efforts to keep rivers free, clean, and flowing.   When: Friday, June 5, 2015 ô°€ 8:30-10:30 pm Where: The Irish Inn, Glen Echo RSVP by June 3—click here Pre-event Potomac paddle for those interested (details in the RSVP)   Door prizes and raffle for all participants. Come

Today, the U.S. EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers released the new Clean Water Rule. The rule reaffirms the Clean Water Act's protection of water quality on our nation’s rivers, headwater streams and wetlands. The new rule is vital for protecting river recreation, stream habitat, drinking water, riparian property and significant economic activity from the impacts of unregulated pollution. American Whitewater supports the rule, and we expect it to maintain the water quality that you are accustomed to experiencing

Last week's release of the Colorado River Basin Study "Moving Forward" report prompted some good conversation about next steps, which isn't a moment too soon. AW believes it's time to move past talk to action in the basin, and especially action on water conservation. Conservation is the cheapest, simplest and most effective way to bridge the large and growing gap between river water supplies and demands. Bonus feature of conservation: we will still have rivers to run! Check out our

The hydropower industry wants to go back to their good old days, where they could dam a river, take out all of the water and not give a second thought to the impact it might have on fish, wildlife or people. They're serious in their mission, and have released a draft bill in Congress that would gut environmental and public interest protections in the Federal Power Act. These are the very tools that American Whitewater and our partners have used

The Flathead National Forest has released the list of streams they propose to protect as “eligible” for Wild and Scenic designation in their forthcoming revised Forest Plan.  Paddlers with opinions on the list are encouraged to send the Forest an email or letter before the May 15, 2015 comment deadline.  A 2004 eligibility assessment found only 10 rivers eligible.  American Whitewater and our partners in Montanans for Healthy Rivers submitted a list of 49 river reaches for consideration last year. 

Late last month, U.S. Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released a discussion draft of a bill that is, by far, the most dangerous piece of hydropower legislation for rivers that we've seen in over a decade. The proposed "Hydropower Regulatory Modernization Act of 2015" would take the hydropower industry back to the days that brought about massive hydropower development during the last century, where developers could dam a river, take out all of the flow and barely give a second