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Mary Deriemer Girls' Trip on the Illinois BY BOATERS FOR BOATERS July/August 2009 Teachings from the River Profi le: Mary DeRiemer Girls’ Trip on the Illinois (WA) Dam Building in Uganda: It’s Nile or Never! Whitewater of the Sea Women’s Canoe Headed for International Competition .. A VOLUNTEER PUBLICATION PROMOTING RIVER CONSERVATION, ACCESS AND SAFETY American Whitewater Journal July/August 2009 - Volume #49 - Issue #4 COLUMNS 3 The Journey Ahead by Mark Singleton 4 President’s Message by Don Kinser 5 Letters to the Editor 6 News & Notes: Grand Canyon Lawsuit Appearl Hearing by Richard Martin 8 2009 North American Junior Olympic Festival Report by David Kurtz 12 River Art by Betsy Hobkirk 44 2008 Annual Report 69 A Tribute to Lars Holbeck by Richard Montgomery STEWARDSHIP UPDATES 14 Water Politics in Southern California by Dave Steindorf 16 Flows Return to the North Fork Feather River by Dave Steindorf 16 New Cresta Flow Schedule 17 West River Spring Surprise by Kevin Colburn 17 Southeastern Dam Relicensings Moving Ahead by Kevin Colburn 18 Dam Removal on the Snake River (WA) by Jerry White 19 Funding for River Restoration by Thomas O’Keefe 19 Another Dam Will Be Removed on a Tributary in the Columbia Gorge by Thomas O’Keefe 20 Pacific Northwest Rivers to Flow for the First Time in Decades by Thomas O’Keefe 22 More Wild and Scenic Rivers by Thomas O’Keefe 23 Wolf Bauer - Green River is Named in his Honor by Thomas O’Keefe 24 Clean Water Restoration Act by Thomas O’Keefe WOMEN IN WHITEWATER 27 Teachings from the River by Anna Levesque 32 Profile: Mary DeRiemer by Lila Marie Thomas 36 It’s Nile or Never by Jessie Stone 38 Girls’ Trip on the Illinois by Gillian Salton 42 W.O.W. by Linda McLuckie 66 Whitewater by the Sea by Cate Hawthorne 68 The Value of Whitewater by Kristen Bierle 70 Women’s Canoe Will Shine in 2009 by Pamela Boteler Support American Whitewater through CFC or United Way All of the Federal CFC campaigns (CFC # 11351) and a few of the local United Way campaigns will allow you to donate through them to AW. Also, check to see if your employer will match your charitable contributions: double your giving . double your fun! Anna and Anne Sontheimer enjoying a summer day on the Nantahala Publication Title: American Whitewater Issue Date: July/August 2009 photo by Paul Villecourt Statement of Frequency: Published bimonthly Authorized Organization’s Name and Address: American Whitewater P.O. Box 1540 Cullowhee, NC 28723 River Stewardship: EDUCATION: AW shares information with the processes, grassroots advocacy, coalition building, An Integrated Approach general public and the paddling community empowerment of volunteers, public outreach and regarding whitewater rivers, as well as river education, and, when necessary, legal action. Our mission: “To conserve and restore America’s recreation, conservation, access, and safety. 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SAFETY: AW promotes paddling safely, publishes CONSERVATION: AW’s professional staff works reports on whitewater accidents, maintains a uniform AW was incorporated under Missouri nonprofit closely with volunteers and partner organizations national ranking system for whitewater rivers (the corporation laws in 1961 and maintains its principal to protect the ecological and scenic values of all International Scale of Whitewater Difficulty) and mailing address at PO Box 1540, Cullowhee, NC whitewater rivers. These goals are accomplished publishes and disseminates the internationally- 28723; phone 1-866-BOAT-4-AW (1-866-262-8429). through direct participation in public decision-making recognized American Whitewater Safety Code. AW is tax exempt under Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Service. American Whitewater Board of Directors & Staff Journal Staff TOLL FREE NUMBER Chris Bell Editor Ambrose Tuscano 866-BOAT4AW P.O. 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[email protected] Eric Nies EDITORIAL DISCLAIMER [email protected] The opinions expressed in the features and New Paltz, NY Carla Miner editorials of American Whitewater are those of Membership Manager the individual authors. They do not necessarily Aaron Pruzan West Valley City, UT represent those of the Directors of American [email protected] [email protected] Whitewater or the editors of this publication. Jackson Hole, WY On occasion, American Whitewater publishes official organizational policy statements drafted and approved by the Board of Directors. These policy statements will be clearly identified. 2 American Whitewater www.americanwhitewater.org www.americanwhitewater.org American Whitewater 3 July/August 2009 July/August 2009 With the mid summer boating season such fierce defenders of rivers. It is this upon us, it’s a good time to think about intimate connection to flowing water that where the water that fuels your local has made American Whitewater a force in river comes from. If you paddle on a the river community for over 50 years. dam-released run, chances are good that American Whitewater had a role in shaping American Whitewater understands that the flow schedule or securing downstream with access comes a responsibility to water for recreation. Mid summer is also ensure that our use does not take anything when we release our Annual Report for away or leave anything behind. Paddlers the prior year. The work chronicled in our have been leaders in developing “Leave Annual Report could not be done without no Trace” guidelines for backcountry use. the support of our membership. Paddlers developed zero impact principals (pack out your poop) over 30 years ago on As you flip through the following pages river corridors like the Colorado through please keep in mind that American the Grand Canyon. We are leading
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