American Whitewater

AMERICAN WHITEWATER (AW) IS THE PRIMARY ADVOCATE FOR THE PRESERVATION & PROTECTION OF WHITEWATER RIVERS THROUGHOUT THE U.S.

CONSERVATION AND ACCESS: AMERICAN WHITEWATER'S CORE MISSION-RELATED WORK IS THE CONSERVATION, RESTORATION, AND RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT OF WHITEWATER RIVERS. IN 2021 AMERICAN WHITEWATER HELPED INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO DESIGNATE OVER 6,494 MILES OF NATIONAL WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS (NM, CA, OR, MT, WA). AMERICAN WHITEWATER DIRECTLY PARTICIPATED IN MANAGEMENT DECISIONS THAT IMPROVED FLOWS AND RIVER ACCESS ASSOCIATED WITH DAMS ON AT LEAST 32 RIVERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AMERICAN WHITEWATER SECURED TWO NEW RIVER ACCESS AREAS IN WEST VIRGINIA, AND COLLABORATIVELY MANAGED RIVER ACCESS ON AT LEAST EIGHT RIVERS. AMERICAN WHITEWATER NEGOTIATED NEW AGREEMENTS TO PROTECT OR RESTORE FLOWS ON THE SAN JOAQUIN RIVER (CA) AND MONGAUP (NY) RIVERS, AND FLOWS WERE RESTORED TO THE SAN JOAQUIN IN 2021. IN ADDITION, AMERICAN WHITEWATER HELPED DEFEAT

TWO PROPOSED DAMS ON THE LITTLE COLORADO RIVER (AZ) AND SUPPORTED THE REMOVAL OF A DAM ON THE NOOKSACK RIVER (WA). AMERICAN WHITEWATER SUPPORTED THE INTRODUCTION OF LEGISLATION TO PROTECT OVER 900,000 ACRES OF PUBLIC LANDS IN COLORADO, CALIFORNIA, AND OREGON, AND SUPPORTED THE SUCCESSFUL RESTORATION OF PROTECTED ACREAGE TO THE BEARS EARS NATIONAL MONUMENT (UT). LASTLY, WE WORKED SUCCESSFULLY TO HAVE SEVERAL OUTDATED WILDFIRE-RELATED CLOSURES OF PUBLIC LANDS LIFTED IN CALIFORNIA. ALL TOLD THESE EFFORTS BENEFITED SEVERAL THOUSAND MILES OF SPECTACULAR RIVERS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF RIVER ENTHUSIASTS. PUBLIC EDUCATION: AMERICAN WHITEWATER EDUCATES THE PADDLING COMMUNITY, GENERAL PUBLIC, FEDERAL AGENCIES, AND DECISION MAKERS ON RIVER STEWARDSHIP ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH

SEVERAL OUTLETS. AMERICAN WHITEWATER MAINTAINS AND POSTS WEEKLY CONTENT ON THE GO- TO WEBSITE OF THE PADDLING COMMUNITY. OUR WEBSITE FEATURES NEWS, ACTION ALERTS, AND DESCRIPTIONS OF ROUGHLY 5,800 WHITEWATER RIVER REACHES. IN 2021 WE IMPROVED THE RIVER-PAGE EDITING FUNCTIONS OF OUR WEBSITE. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO REACHES OVER 50,000 PEOPLE THROUGH ACTION ALERTS AND MONTHLY EMAIL NEWSLETTERS, AND REGULARLY POSTS TO A FACEBOOK PAGE WITH OVER 35,000 FOLLOWERS. AMERICAN WHITEWATER'S ROUGHLY 7,000 MEMBERS AND OVER 80 AFFILIATE CLUBS RECEIVE OUR PRINT JOURNAL PUBLISHED FIVE TIMES PER YEAR. AMERICAN WHITEWATER CONDUCTED SEVERAL ONLINE TRAININGS RELATED TO RIVER ACCESS AND PRESENTED ON WILD AND SCENIC RIVERS AT SEVERAL ONLINE CONFERENCES AND EVENTS. AMERICAN WHITEWATER EDUCATED THE PUBLIC ON RESPONSIBLE RIVER USE THROUGH THE PADDLE WISE PROGRAM, THROUGH THE PRODUCTION OF TWO RIVER SAFETY FILMS, AND THROUGH THE CREATION OF A LIVE ONLINE FIRE-RELATED TRIP PLANNING MAP. LASTLY, WE WORKED TO DEEPEN AND BROADEN OUR EDUCATION ON THE RICH TRIBAL CONTEXT OF WHITEWATER RIVERS.