AW's Grand Canyon Comments for CRMP Scoping
Posted: 10/29/2002
By: Jason Robertson
Links to AW's comments are provided below. Our comments were over 100 pages in length and were
intentionally exhaustive. We wanted to cover as many of the points that our members have expressed
to us as possible with the Park.
If you have some thoughts or ideas that you'd like to share with us, our staff and volunteers would love to hear them. Please send them to Access@amwhitewater.org
If you have some thoughts or ideas that you'd like to share with us, our staff and volunteers would love to hear them. Please send them to Access@amwhitewater.org
CRMP Project Grand Canyon National Park P.O. Box 129 Grand Canyon, Arizona 86023 grca_crmp@nps.gov Dear Superintendent Joe Alston, Thank you for working with American Whitewater and giving us the opportunity to comment on the Colorado River Management Plan. Executive Director Risa Shimoda and I very much enjoyed meeting with you and your planning team at the scoping meeting in Baltimore, MD. American Whitewater (AW) is a national non-profit dedicated to protecting the nation's whitewater rivers and opportunities to enjoy them. AW has 8,000 members as well as 165 affiliates that represent an additional 80,000 citizens. Many of AW's staff, board, members, and volunteers have worked on and floated through the Grand Canyon; many more are on the private boater permit Wait List. Therefore the Colorado River Management Plan (CRMP) is of great interest to our membership. AW supports the ability for all to obtain, on an equal and timely basis, an opportunity to experience a float trip through the Grand Canyon while protecting the resource. Attached are our detailed comments on many river management issues of interest to our membership. Sincerely, {Signed October 20, 2002} Jason D. Robertson Access Director American Whitewater 1424 Fenwick Lane Silver Spring, MD 20910 301-589-9453 We are now ready to start on our way down the Great Unknown. Our boats, tied to a common stake, are chafing each other, as they are tossed by the fretful river. They ride high and buoyant, for their loads are lighter than we could desireā¦. |
American Whitewater's Scoping Comments on the Grand Canyon CRMP:Table of Contents: Chapters (More detailed info)Note that some of these chapters are as large as 140KB and will take several seconds to download. A comprehensive copy of our comments is also available for download as a zip file (167KB).I. Introduction 6 II. Effect of the 2002 Lawsuit Settlement 8 III. Desired Visitor Experience and Unique Qualities 10 IV. Guiding Principles 12 V. Visitor Use and Logistics 15 VI. Access and Allocation of Use 31 VII. Distribution, Supply, Volume of Use, and Carrying Capacity 35 VIII. Permits 48 IX. The Wilderness Act, Wilderness Management, and Motors 67 X. Resource Stewardship and Protection 79 XI. Native American Tribal Sensitivities 85 XII. River Management and Administration 86 XIII. Fees 90 XIV. Safety 106 XV. A Member Survey and What We Learned 110 XVI. American Whitewater Consulting 113 Table of Contents: DetailedI. Introduction 6II. Effect of the 2002 Lawsuit Settlement 8 III. Desired Visitor Experience and Unique Qualities 10 IV. Guiding Principles 12 V. Visitor Use and Logistics 15 A. Private Use 15VI. Access and Allocation of Use 31 A. Background 33VII. Distribution, Supply, Volume of Use, and Carrying Capacity 35 A. Launches 38VIII. Permits 48 A. Wait List 55IX. The Wilderness Act, Wilderness Management, and Motors 67 A. Compliance with the Wilderness Act 68X. Resource Stewardship and Protection 79 A. Leave No Trace 79XI. Native American Tribal Sensitivities 85 XII. River Management and Administration 86 A. Navigability 86XIII. Fees 90 A. Deposits 93XIV. Safety 106 A. Explanation 106XV. A Member Survey and What We Learned 110 A. Summary of American Whitewater Membership Responses 110XVI. American Whitewater Consulting 113 |