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Arkansas River, Colo. – Today the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Royal Gorge Field Office released the Over The River (OTR) Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS). The preferred alternative identifies eight panel segments totaling 5.9 miles within a 42-mile stretch of the Arkansas River corridor between Salida and Cañon City. The OTR Corp has projected a cost $50 million to build. The FEIS projects that OTR will generate $121 million in economic output and draw 400,000 visitors during construction and display.

Bailey Fest – August 13-14th, 2011 – Bailey, CO The 2nd Annual Bailey Fest will be held Saturday and Sunday, August 13th and 14th, 2011. The event is a gathering to celebrate the whitewater opportunities on the North Fork of the South Platte River. Bailey Fest is coordinated with a release from Denver Water’s Dillon Reservoir that will deliver low to medium flows through Roberts Tunnel during the event weekend. Paddlers can enjoy the Bailey run (IV/V), or the Foxton

On Thursday, July 14th, the Army Corps of Engineers cancelled their environmental review of a massive pipeline from the Flaming Gorge Reservoir to the Front Range of Colorado known as the Regional Watershed Supply Project or Flaming Gorge Pipeline. The Project, proposed by Aaron Million and the Million Conservation Resource Group (MCRG), involves building a 560-mile long pipeline to divert 250,000 acre-feet of water each year from the Green River to provide additional water supply to Colorado’s Front Range and

In April of this year, the Sacramento Superior Court sent the East Bay Municipal Utility District (“EBMUD”) back to the drawing board on its Environmental Impact Report for its 2040 Water Plan. This month, EBMUD is seeking public comment as it moves forward in preparing a revised plan, which still seeks to expand Pardee Reservoir and drown parts of the Electra Run and the entire Middle Bar reach on the Mokelumne River. The initial plan failed to recognize the importance

The Placer County Water Agency (PCWA) is in the process of relicensing the Middle Fork American River Project, and information is being collected to identify the range of flows suitable for whitewater boating on the Rubicon River between Hell Hole Dam and Ralston Afterbay. In 2011, there have been a number of boating opportunities on the Rubicon River and numerous boaters have run this section over a wide range of flows. If you’ve run the Rubicon between Hell Hole Dam

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A scheduled release on the Rock Creek section of the NF Feather is taking place on the weekend of July 23 & 24, 2011.     Flows on Saturday are expected to be 1100 cfs between 10 AM and 4 PM.   Flows on Sunday are expected to be in the range of 800 to 1100 cfs, between 10 AM and 4 PM.

The 31st Annual Upper Yough Race, sponsored by Wilderness Voyageurs, will be held on Saturday July 23rd.  This is the oldest extreme whitewater race in the country! Race profits are donated to American Whitewater, so come on out and paddle hard!. A long race release from 11 am to 5 pm allows plenty of time to run the river before the race or stop part way down and watch. The race fee is $30; it includes a t-shirt and beer at the post-race

The US Forest Service is replacing the Indian Creek Bridge, which will result in a closure of the road to the normal Selway River put-in (the Paradise Boat Launch) from August 8-19th.  The work may require additional time if problems occur.  The construction dates were selected to avoid the floating permit season and the first week of un-permitted floating, and later season fisheries constraints.  Paddlers wanting to run the Selway during the road closure period may put in upstream of

American Whitewater was recently contacted by a Montana paddler and environmental contractor who is pursuing the possibility of collecting water quality samples, photo-documentation, and other environmental data along a section of the Yellowstone River that was recently impacted by a oil pipeline breach.  He is seeking experienced whitewater kayakers and canoeists that would be willing to paddle one or more sections of the Yellowstone River and document the environmental effects of the oil spill, in the immediate future (eg next

The "Needles" section of the Potomac and the Shenandoah "Staircase" are two of the most popular Class II-III summer runs runs for Mid-States paddlers. This narrow valley also contains several major railroad and highway crossings along with the historic town of Harper's Ferry. Beginning in the summer of 2010 paddlers began to see many of the best put-ins and take-outs around Harpers Ferry bought up, or blocked or severely restricted by The National Park Service and local law enforcement. That

The 2011 Chelan Gorge Recreational Releases present whitewater boating opportunities that will be available for two weekends in July (9th and 10th; 23rd and 24th) and two weekends in September (10th and 11th; 24th and 25th). American Whitewater has invested more than a decade of effort into bringing this opportunity to the paddling community of the Pacific Northwest, and we are excited to kick off the third year of weekend releases. During the relicensing process several parties including the utility

The July/August issue of the AW Journal features Whitewater Women and the American Whitewater 2010 Annual Report. And, beginning with this issue our index provides direct links to each article. this issue includes. . . River Lessons Kayaking, a Way of Life From Scaredy Cat to River Rat . . .plus much more! Want to read the AW Journal online: You need a current membership and you must be registered with the AW website and have your membership associated with