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BY BOATERS FOR BOATERS November/December 2004 AW Board Nominees 10 Hot ʻn Spicy in Sichuan 32 U.S. National Whitewater Center 28 Zen and the Art of Winter Surfi ng 58 CFC United Way #2302 $4.95 US $7.70 CAN www.americanwhitewater.org A VOLUNTEER PUBLICATION PROMOTING RIVER CONSERVATION, ACCESS AND SAFETY Letter to the Editor by Don Karn...................................................... 4 American Whitewater Journal Corner Charc by Jason Robertson ........................................................ 5 Volume XLV, No.5 History: Modern Canoeing Legend by Sue Taft......................... 7 FEATURES Partner Spotlight: Jackson Kayak by Eric Marksz......................... 8 History Board Nominee Bios..................................................................10 Columns: Modern Canoeing • American Whitewater NEWS by Kevin Lewis ............14 Legend • Field Notes: Wishing for Windows by Clay Wright ..15 • Field Notes: Boat Outfi tting by Tanya Shuman...........16 Conservation and Access pg. 7 • Regional Updates by John Gangemi .............................18 • West Rosebud Creek, MT by John Gangemi ................21 • Land Transfer: Alberton Gorge, MT ....................22 Conservation & Access • Recreation Internship by Aaron Berg ..........................24 • Tarkio, MT by Dunbar Hardy..............................................26 Land Transfer on • WW Study: Kern River Californiaby John Gangemi...43 the Alberton Gorge • Settlement with GLHA in ME by Tom Christopher .....44 • Free at Last! Contoocook Dam Removed........46 • Project Futaleufu by Sarah VanGelder-Rane.....................48 • Idaho Update.............................................................52 pg. 22 Features: • U.S. National Whitewater Center by Charles Lunan..28 • Sichuan China by Travis Winn ........................................32 Feature Trip Reports: U.S. National • A Night of Rain in Fiordland by Evan J. Stafford .........54 • Confessions of a Surfi ng Zealot by Kevin Colburn....58 Whitewater Center • Twas the Night Before Put-In ...............................61 CFC UnitedWay #2302 Support American Whitewater through CFC or United Way pg. 28 All the federal campaigns, and a few of the local United Way campaigns will allow you to donate through them to AW. Check to see if yours in one of them. Also, check to see if your employer will match your charitable contribution - double your money , double your fun! 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Denver, CO Treasurer: Jeff Leighton 2 American Whitewater www.americanwhitewater.org www.americanwhitewater.org American Whitewater 3 November/December 2004 November/December 2004 2 American Whitewater www.americanwhitewater.org www.americanwhitewater.org American Whitewater 3 November/December 2004 November/December 2004 Dear Editor, The end of summer excitement of the sincerely hope that all of you who come 8th annual Upper Gatineau Whitewater to paddle our Gatineau, consider in some Festival is now but a memory. As we look small but meaningful way that it is your ahead to planning edition 9, I can’t help but river too. By coming, you help preserve. think back to the letter from Streamkeeper By publishing stories, AW does make a Bryan Tudor appearing in the May/June difference. I’d also like to thank Mr. Tudor Journal. Bryan pointed out that non- for his dedicated work in preserving the American editorial copy was increasingly rivers he obviously