By Peter Winn I selected all but three of these images from a 2010 presentation about global whitewater boating that I made for the Grand Junction W.A.T.E.R. Club (Western Association to Enjoy Rivers). Many of them are of flips or wraps, but in reality it's safer to float the rapids than to drive the shuttle … Continue reading The History and Types of Whitewater Dories and Inflatables
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Desert Notes: Mountain Lion Refugia
Morning coolness lingered in the side canyon, the heat of summer yet to reach into the depths. I walked the dry wash along the canyon bottom, watching the cliffs for the wrens chittering somewhere above, looking down only to secure my way – and so the mule deer head startled me, lying in my path, upside down below a cottonwood tree.
Paw Prints: August 2022
https://youtube.com/shorts/s5JrVsR0OCk?feature=share The overflow in all regional rescue programs in the tristate area has required longer periods of foster care and many more requests for Dog food. Al Gerecke has been added to our foster group. He fed 4 dogs at sand island for two weeks but was unable to catch them. We were finally able … Continue reading Paw Prints: August 2022
Desert Notes: When the Desert is Most Itself
It was hot. There’s no other way to say it. Just plain hot. Summer hot. Desert hot.
Flash-Bang Photography
Photo by Paul Martini
Paw Prints: July 2022
Photo by Dudley Beck Foster care of 27 dogs continued with the help of Diana Yazzie, Elise Dalton, Heather Jemmott, Priscilla Sagg, and Jana Simpson. BARC drove 162 miles to vaccinate 19 dogs and provide 308 pounds of dog food, along with 1 case of canned dog food. Calls for help continue from as far … Continue reading Paw Prints: July 2022
How’s the Weather?
Photos by Paul Martini
Hard choices for the Colorado River
By Mark Squillace and Quinn Harper The seven Colorado River states—Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming—face a daunting mid-August deadline. The federal government has asked them to come up with a plan to reduce their combined water usage from the Colorado River by up to 4 million acre-feet in 2023. That is … Continue reading Hard choices for the Colorado River
The Colorado River has come alive even as it ebbs
By Char Miller The Colorado River is revealing its secrets. For decades a World War II landing craft lay submerged 200 feet beneath Lake Mead’s surface — but now it’s beached, rusting in the sun. It’s become an unsettling marker of just how vulnerable the river is and how parched the Intermountain West has become. … Continue reading The Colorado River has come alive even as it ebbs
Whitewater Kayaking: Pushing the Limit
Peter Winn Modern whitewater kayaking began in the 1950s and has changed significantly since then. There were very few women kayakers at the time and now they're on the Board of Governors of the International Whitewater Hall of Fame. Kayak racing grew from local competitions into an Olympic sport in 1972 and now there is … Continue reading Whitewater Kayaking: Pushing the Limit
Canyon Echo 