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Wilderness Whitewater Featuring Wild Rivers from Bc, Alaska, and All Over the World Conservation • Access • Events • Adventure • Safety BY BOATERS FOR BOATERS Sept/Oct 2010 WildERness Whitewater featuRinG Wild Rivers from bc, AlaskA, And All Over ThE world Threat to the Stikine, naas, and Skeena Wilderness immersion on the Tuya Big Water Education on the Clendenning 330 Miles on the Taseko-Chilcotin-Fraser River Wilderness Adventure on the Alatna learning Fast on devil’s Canyon of the Susitna Going deep on the Talkeetna A vOLUNTEER puBliCATiOn pROMOTinG RivER COnSERvATiOn, ACCESS And SAFETY American Whitewater Journal Sept/Oct 2010 – volume 50 – issue 5 COluMnS 5 The Journey Ahead by Mark Singleton 40 Safety by Charlie Walbridge 44 News & Notes 51 Whitewater Poetry by Christopher Stec StewardShip updates 6 Stewardship Updates by kevin Colburn FeatuRE artiCles 7 A Broad View of Wilderness by Sean Bierle 9 Going Deep on the Talkeetna by Matthew Cornell 11 Wet and Wild in the Himalayas by Stephen Cunliffe 15 Devil’s Canyon of the Susinta by darcy Gaechter 18 Finding Wilderness Adventure on the Alatna by Mark Mckinstry 24 New Threat to British Columbia’s Sacred Secret by karen Tam Wu 29 Getting an Education in the Back Woods of BC by kate Wagner and Christie Glissmeyer 31 Salmon and Bears in the Taseko-Chilko Wilderness by Rocky Contos 34 Wilderness Immersion on BC’s Tuya River by Claudia Schwab 38 Cinco De Mayo West Branch of the Peabody Mission by Jake Risch Kayaker Graham Helsby paddles into Publication Title: American Whitewater a cave on the Siang and marvels at the Issue Date: Sept/Oct 2010 Statement of Frequency: Published Bimonthly power and beauty of the big volume Authorized Organization’s Name and Address: Brahmaputra. American Whitewater P.O. Box 1540 Cullowhee, NC 28723 photo by Stephen Cunliffe PURPOSE RivER StewardShip: grassroots advocacy, coalition building, empowerment whitewater rivers, as well as river recreation, of volunteers, public outreach and education, and, conservation, access, and safety. This is accomplished An integrated Approach when necessary, legal action. through our bimonthly AW Journal, a monthly e-news, americanwhitewater.org, paddling events, educational RIVER ACCESS: To assure public access to whitewater Our mission: “To conserve and restore America’s events, and through direct communication with rivers pursuant to the guidelines published in its whitewater resources and to enhance opportunities the press. to enjoy them safely,” is actively pursued through official Access Policy, AW arranges for river access our conservation, access, safety and education efforts through private lands by negotiation or purchase, Together, AW staff, members, volunteers, and affiliate under the umbrella of River Stewardship. The only seeks to protect the right of public passage on all rivers clubs can achieve our goals of conserving, protecting national organization representing the interest of and streams navigable by kayak or canoe, encourages and restoring America’s whitewater resources all whitewater paddlers, American Whitewater is the equitable and responsible management of whitewater and enhancing opportunities to safely enjoy these national voice for thousands of individual whitewater rivers on public lands, and works with government wonderful rivers. agencies and other river users to achieve these goals. enthusiasts, as well as over 100 local paddling AW was incorporated under Missouri nonprofit club affiliates. SAFETY: AW promotes paddling safely, publishes corporation laws in 1961 and maintains its principal AW’s River Stewardship program adheres to the four reports on whitewater accidents, maintains a uniform mailing address at PO Box 1540, Cullowhee, NC 28723; tenets of our mission statement: national ranking system for whitewater rivers (the phone 1-866-BOAT-4-AW (1-866-262-8429). AW is International Scale of Whitewater Difficulty) and tax exempt under Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal CONSERVATION: AW’s professional staff works publishes and disseminates the internationally- Revenue Service. closely with volunteers and partner organizations to recognized American Whitewater Safety Code. protect the ecological and scenic values of all whitewater rivers. These goals are accomplished through direct EDUCATION: AW shares information with the participation in public decision-making processes, general public and the paddling community regarding American Whitewater Journal Staff Board of Directors & Staff Chris Bell Norwood Scott [email protected] Editor Ambrose Tuscano [email protected] [email protected] Thomas O’Keefe P.O. Box 913, Soda Springs, California 95728 Asheville, NC San Francisco, CA e-mail: [email protected] Pacific NW Stewardship Director Graphic Design/Production/Photo Editor Megan Seifert Rich Bowers Charlie Walbridge Seattle, WA [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Assistant Editors Erica J. Seifert, Barry Tuscano Bellingham, WA Bruceton Mills, WV Contributing Writers Mark Singleton Mark Singleton, Kevin Colburn, Sean Bierle, Matthew Cornell, Dave Cernicek BOARD OFFICERS Executive Director Stephen Cunliffe, Darcy Gaechter, Mark McKinstry, [email protected] Cullowhee, NC President: Don Kinser Karen Tam Wu, Kate Wagner, Christie Glissmeyer, Rocky Contos. 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Charlemont, MA org EDITORIAL DISCLAIMER Eric Nies The opinions expressed in the features and Carla Miner [email protected] Membership Manager editorials of American Whitewater are those of New Paltz, NY the individual authors. They do not necessarily West Valley City, UT represent those of the Directors of American Aaron Pruzan [email protected] Whitewater or the editors of this publication. On [email protected] occasion, American Whitewater publishes official Jeff Paine Jackson Hole, WY TOLL FREE NUMBER organizational policy statements drafted and Outreach Director 1-866-262-8429 approved by the Board of Directors. These policy Asheville, NC statements will be clearly identified. 4 americanwhitewater.org THE JourNEY AHEAD being archived and will be delivered to whitewater paddlers are occasionally ack in April, American Whitewater the America’s Great Outdoors team for denied access to our nation’s streams and participated in the White House inclusion in the report to the President that rivers. Administrative direction in support Conference on America’s Great is due out in November. of agencies encouraging human-powered BOutdoors. President Obama addressed outdoor recreation could improve this As a whitewater paddler and member conference attendees calling for vision of American Whitewater, you know that problem and build on the connection to craft a conservation and recreation conservation, stewardship and outdoor between conservation, stewardship, agenda. The President spoke of the need recreation are all mutually dependent. and recreation. to “Reconnect Americans” to our lands Time spent experiencing and interacting Our partners in this effort include other and waters and tasked the audience with with nature forms the basis of the American human-powered recreation interests in the development of a “conservation agenda conservation ethic. Because the paddling Outdoor Alliance (a coalition of organizations worthy of the 21st Century.” President community experiences so many special including: Access Fund, American Canoe Obama signed a memorandum outlining places through our use of public lands, we Association, American Hiking Society, policy goals that the administration are in a unique position to take a leadership American Whitewater, International prioritizes over the next few years: forming role in providing critical input to public land Mountain Bicycling Association and Winter coalitions with state and local governments managers. Paddling gives us all a deeper Wildlands Alliance). The six membership as well as the private sector, encouraging understanding of what makes rivers special groups
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