Federal Debt Ceiling Legislation Bad Deal for Rivers

Federal Debt Ceiling Legislation Bad Deal for Rivers

Legislation raising the federal debt ceiling includes unrelated provisions weakening the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) by limiting environmental reviews of federally permitted activities. NEPA is a critically important safeguard that ensures that federal...
Year Two of Releases on Utah’s Weber River Set

Year Two of Releases on Utah’s Weber River Set

This year marks the second year of recreational releases on the Scrambled Eggs section of the Weber River in Utah! American Whitewater negotiated these releases over the past few years and is excited to celebrate year two, and wow what a different year it is! Massive...
Supreme Court Narrows Clean Water Act

Supreme Court Narrows Clean Water Act

The Supreme Court today issued a decision that significantly narrowed the scope of the Clean Water Act protection of wetlands adjacent to rivers. The Court ruled in a 5-4 decision in Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency that only wetlands that have a “continuous...
Paddling Input Needed North Fork Kern (CA)

Paddling Input Needed North Fork Kern (CA)

Southern California Edison is in the process of conducting studies in support of relicensing KR3, the North Fork Kern River hydropower project that includes Fairview Dam and Kern #3 Powerhouse. American Whitewater has been actively engaged in the KR3 relicensing and...