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Pueblo, CO, Gets New Whitewater Park (Built By REP)

There’s now great paddling in Pueblo. Pueblo Water announced the grand opening of its new Pueblo Waterworks Park on Saturday, Oct. 19, unveiling the...
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Pisco Sours, Coca Leaves and Paddling Peru’s Marañón, the “Grand Canyon of the South”

“Buenas lineas,” says Luigi. “Good lines.” Seconds later, Luchin passes me a bag of coca leaves and I cram some in my mouth for...
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Conservation

River Management Society Beefs-up River Data Directory

Looking to paddle a river somewhere? Now you’ve got some help with the National River Recreation Database, a geospatial portfolio of information on Wild...
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Whitewater Parks Still Making Waves: Mountain towns transforming riverfronts into recreational and revenue hotbeds

A wave of whitewater parks continues to roll into river towns like swells undulating toward a shoreline, ushering in a new era of recreation...
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Seattle’s Lake Union: A Paddling Primer

 New York has its Central Park, San Antonio has its Riverwalk, but there are very few other places like Seattle, Washington’s Lake Union: a...
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Salida Riversurf Wave Firing on All Cylinders

After making changes to Salida, Colo.'s Scout Wave, the new 3.0 version is now better than ever, drawing river surfers in droves to the...
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Viva the Vic! Famous Salida, CO, Watering Hole to Reopen

River runners will meet rednecks again in Colorado’s most booming river town, with the infamous Vic (Victoria) bar re-opening in downtown Salida, Colo., at...
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Conservation

NRS Releases “Paddle Tribal Waters Part II: Bring the Salmon Home” 

In July 2023, the concrete walls of the Copco 2 Dam came tumbling down, the first of four dams slated for demolition on the...
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Angling on the Arkansas

The Mosquito and Sawatch ranges feed Colorado's Arkansans River Valley from its headwaters near Leadville, as it winds its way east through Buena Vista,...
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Canoeing

2024 Yukon River Quest: Fires Shorten Race, But Don’t Dowse Energy or Excitement

Wildfires shortened this year’s Yukon River Quest Race, an annual 414-mile race from Whitehorse to Dawson City, but they didn’t dampen the camaraderie or...
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Competition

From Segregation to Recreation: Montgomery, Ala., Spurs Growth with New Montgomery Whitewater Park

“Make me an angel, that flies from Montgomery,” croons John Prine in his classic folk song “Angel from Montgomery.” Town officials in Montgomery are hoping...
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Paddle the Nation’s Driest State with New National Rivers Project Resources

Planning a river trip to America’s driest state has never been easier. The National Rivers Project (NRP) website, a first-stop river trip planning resource,...
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Oregon River Trip Planning Just Got Easier

Oregon river information is now more accessible than ever thanks to the National Rivers Project’s recreational river map. In collaboration with the Bureau of Land...
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Sea Kayaking the Northern Tier of the San Juans

The islands of Sucia, Matia and Patos, along with Clark Island a little east, constitute the northern tier of the San Juans, a line...
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Conservation

Landmark decision reached to protect Croatia’s Mrežnica and Tounjčica Rivers

Decision marks a significant milestone in the United for Rivers campaign to protect over 400 kilometres of rivers throughout the Western Balkans In a groundbreaking...
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Conservation

Help Protect the Owyhee Canyonlands (National Monument Status on the Horizon?)

Nestled in the heart of the American West lies a haven of beauty: Oregon’s Owyhee Canyonlands. This expansive landscape, with its vibrant canyons, vast...
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Contests

Win Schwag and Trips! OARS Launches 2nd Best River Trip in West Contest

Forget the NCAA hoops bracket. Admitting the Grand is the undisputed, overall champ—like some might feel about Illinois, North Carolina or Kansas—outfitter OARS has...
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Put This on Your Bucket Paddling List: Death Valley

Proud of how many places you’ve paddled? Act quickly and you can put a new one on your list that not many people ever...
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Sea Kayaking Western Washington’s Nisqually Reach

Although most of the major estuaries in western Washington have been drained, filled, reconstructed and otherwise molested in the name of human progress, the...
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Sea Kayaking Cypress Island

(By Ken Campbell) Washington's San Juan Island chain is made up of almost 200 islands and reefs, some of them not much more substantial...
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NRS Releases “Something is Changing” Film on Spain’s Rio Ara

Arriba! NRS has released its newest short film, “Something Is Changing,” highlighting Jan Larrue and Mikel Sarasola’s three-day race against the snowmelt to paddle Spain’s...
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Oklahoma Gets New $30M Whitewater Park

WOKA is transforming the town of Watts, Oklahoma. Following 2016’s opening of the $45 million Oklahoma Whitewater Center/Riversport Rapids in downtown Oklahoma City, the town...
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Sea Kayaking Deception Pass

(by Ken Campbell) Deception Pass is home to the wildest salt water in Washington State. There are other places that boast strong currents, to be...
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Low-head Dam Removed on Colo.’s Arkansas, Improving Beginner Stretch

The Salida Town Run of the Arkansas from Stone Bridge to the whitewater park downtown just got a whole lot safer. The Colorado Sun...
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Tales from the Cripps: Episode 29: Coffee Hour with Stan Prichard

For some southeastern boys, the world is too big to stay in one place. Stan Prichard discovered a love...
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