Take a Look at Our Goals to Expand and Improve River Access in 2025

What does having safe river access mean to you and your family? For most of you reading this, we’d be willing to wager it’s incredibly important for your quality of life and something you cherish. Take a look at some of our ambitious goals to improve and expand river access across the country in our 2024 Winter Stewardship Update! You should know, we have big plans for 2025. From dam removals, new instream flows in dewatered rivers, and securing new Wild and Scenic designations, to new access sites, influencing National Forest Plans and sharing an updated American Whitewater River Safety Code, we’ll have our work cut out for us. If our past success is any indication, we’ll surely rise to the challenge, but we can't do it without your support to keep us on track. 

Did you know that our access work is almost exclusively funded by individual contributions from our community? Your membership dollars and donations are an incredibly efficient and effective way to show your love for rivers and your ability to access them. Plus bonus–All American Whitewater Members with an active membership on Dec. 31 will be entered in a drawing to win a Kokatat Dry Suit (size and color of choice) or a gift certificate worth $2500 from Hyside Inflatables!

So take a moment to see what access projects your contribution will support in every whitewater region across the country in our 2024 Winter Stewardship Update and know that your membership and tax-deductible donations keep our stewardship program, and especially our river access program running strong. As you begin to think about your charitable gifts for the end of the year, consider the value American Whitewater's work brings to you and the whitewater paddling community. We've got some exciting projects on the horizon and we hope we can count on your support! Become an American Whitewater member or make a charitable tax-deductible donation today!

The team at American Whitewater thanks you, and so do our rivers!