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28 December 2022

  • 21:5521:55, 28 December 2022 diff hist +13,979 N The Plan is Litigated and We Lose 2006-2010Created page with "'''The Colorado River Management Plan (CRMP) Went to Court...and We Lost.''' Grand Canyon National Park released the long-awaited Colorado River Management Plan (CRMP) Record of Decision in February 2006. Unfortunately, the new CRMP preserved all the worst elements of its preferred alternative and adopted some even worse ones. The first come-first serve Waiting List for do-it-yourself river runners, with its embarrassing mass of patiently-waiting future permittees, wa..." current
  • 21:5521:55, 28 December 2022 diff hist +31,849 N River Management 2000-2005, Wilderness Abandoned Yet AgainCreated page with "'''2000-2005: THE PARK SERVICE ABANDONS ITS PLAN (ONCE AGAIN) TO PROTECT THE RIVER’S WILDERNESS CHARACTER, PHASE OUT MOTORBOAT USE, AND PREPARE A NEW RIVER MANAGEMENT PLAN''' On February 23, 2000 Grand Canyon Superintendent Arnberger announced that the Park Service would immediately cease all work on a revised CRMP. Superintendent Arnberger justified his decision to cease all work on a new CRMP on “the inability to resolve several . . .issues prior to resolution of..." current
  • 21:5421:54, 28 December 2022 diff hist +18,119 N River Management 1990-2000, Wilderness RekindledCreated page with "'''1990-2000: THE PARK SERVICE RENEWS ITS EFFORTS TO PROTECT THE COLORADO RIVER CORRIDOR’S WILDERNESS CHARACTER AND ANNOUNCES PREPARATION OF A NEW RIVER MANAGEMENT PLAN''' On June 25, 1990 the Park Service’s Chief of Resource Management drafted a memorandum to the Superintendent of the Grand Canyon. In the memo, the Park Service notes that the 1989 CRMP “does not address wilderness constraints. Several current activities, particularly crowding and congestion, heli..."
  • 21:5421:54, 28 December 2022 diff hist +5,759 N River Management 1981-1990, Running from WildernessCreated page with "'''1980-1990: THE PARK SERVICE ABANDONS THE FINDINGS OF ITS TWENTY NINE STUDIES, EIS, CRMP, AND WILDERNESS RECOMMENDATION''' In March, 1980 the Mountain States Legal Foundation, on behalf of nine concessioners and 51 private citizens, filed a suit against the Secretary of Interior (Andrus) challenging the portions of the CRMP directing elimination of motorized rafts. '''The Hatch Amendment''' In November, 1980 the “Hatch Amendment” was added to the one-year 1981 D..." current
  • 21:5321:53, 28 December 2022 diff hist +21,554 N River Management 1970-1980, Strong on WildernessCreated page with "'''1970-1973: THE PARK SERVICE RELEASES THE FIRST RIVER MANAGEMENT PLAN AND IMPACT STATEMENT FOR THE COLORADO RIVER CORRIDOR''' '''The 1972 River Use Plan''' On December 11, 1972, the National Park Service (“Park Service”) released a River Use Plan for the Colorado River corridor in the Grand Canyon. In the River Use Plan, the Park Service called for the phase out of motorboat use of the Colorado River by 1977. The Park Service based this phase out decision “on..." current
  • 21:5321:53, 28 December 2022 diff hist +3,811 N Grand Canyon National Park Formation and the River CorridorCreated page with "'''Grand Canyon National Park Formation and the River Corridor''' '''GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK''' President Theodore Roosevelt, by presidential proclamation, reserved land in the Grand Canyon of Arizona as Grand Canyon National Monument on January 11, 1908. President Roosevelt stated in the proclamation that the Grand Canyon of Arizona “is an object of unusual scientific interest, being the greatest eroded canyon in the United States, and it appears that the public..."
  • 21:5221:52, 28 December 2022 diff hist +1,620 N The Politics of River Running in Grand CanyonCreated page with "225px|right This is a lengthy review of the complicated history of river management at Grand Canyon National Park. This history is broken into the following sections; '''Grand Canyon National Park Formation and the River Corridor''' '''River Management 1970-1980, Strong on Wilderness''' River Management 1981-1990, Running fr..." current
  • 21:5221:52, 28 December 2022 diff hist +4,174 N Trip PhilosophyCreated page with "'''Trip Philosophy''' One of the most important things you as a permit holder/trip leader will do is to decide early on what is your trip team (or tribe) philosophy. The people on your trip will become a team (or tribe), like it or not. What sort of trip team or tribe do you want to have? You have a lot of choices about how your trip will be put together, and what your trip will focus on. These choices include things like trip length. Do you want to do a short or long t..."
  • 21:5121:51, 28 December 2022 diff hist +3,257 N Rafting Grand CanyonCreated page with "The Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park has been written about, talked about, litigated over and has provided inspiration to river runners for well over 100 years. Small groups of river travelers still today take benefit from what Grand Canyon has to offer them in the form of a multi-week journey. During their travels, river runners, called Grand Canyoneer's by Colorado River historian Otis "Dock" Marston, will rely on each other for just about everything durin..."
  • 21:5121:51, 28 December 2022 diff hist +4,960 N The ResourceCreated page with "'''Introduction''' The world’s premier white-water wilderness experience is unleashed in a 277-mile stretch of the Colorado River as it passes through one of the most formidable canyons on the face of the earth. The fluvial processes of the Colorado River are responsible for cutting the cavernous gorge that exposes rocks from the bowels of the earth two billion years old. The Colorado River has created one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World and a World Herita..." current
  • 21:5021:50, 28 December 2022 diff hist +1,579 N The PlaceCreated page with "=The Place= 500px|right '''The Resource''' This chapter includes information on the amazing wilderness that is Grand Canyon. '''Rafting Grand Canyon''' This chapter includes info on where Grand Canyon is, Trip Length, time of year, type of watercraft you’ll see, including Diamond Down, resource books available to assist. Trip Philosophy | '''Trip..." current
  • 21:4921:49, 28 December 2022 diff hist +802 N List of Co-AuthorsCreated page with "right|400pxThe editors of Rafting Grand Canyon WIKI have received much assistance in this project from many people. The following individuals have assisted in writing Rafting Grand Canyon, and have requested to have their names listed here. We are grateful for your assistance. If you have material on this WIKI and we cite your name elsewhere but not on this page and you'd like to be acknowledged here, please let [mailto:%74%6F%6D%6D%61%..." current
  • 18:3018:30, 28 December 2022 diff hist 0 N File:Editorial Board at the South Rim.jpgNo edit summary current
  • 18:1618:16, 28 December 2022 diff hist +594 N Editorial boardCreated page with "right|300px The Rafting Grand Canyon editorial board consists of '''Josh Case,''' '''Hazel Clark,''' '''Mary Fleishman,''' '''Jim Fuge,''' '''Jo Johnson,''' '''Tom Robey,''' '''and Tom Martin.''' Want to contact the Editorial Board? Try the links below: [mailto:%74%6F%6D%6D%61%72%74%69%6E%40%72%72%66%77%2E%6F%72%67 Tom Martin] [mailto:%6A%6F%6A%6F%68%6E%73%6F%6E%40%72%72%66%77%2E%6F%72%67 Jo Johnson] [mailto:%74%6F%6D%7..." current
  • 17:2317:23, 28 December 2022 diff hist 0 N File:Three boats above House Rock.jpgNo edit summary current
  • 17:1517:15, 28 December 2022 diff hist 0 N File:20061112 0547 view south to Palisades of the Canyon.JPGNo edit summary current
  • 17:0417:04, 28 December 2022 diff hist +3,036 N Where to Find WaterCreated page with "'''For a review of Drinking Water Management, click '''here.'''''' right|400px '''Where to Find Raw (Untreated) Water''' Water that can be treated for drinking can be found at many places in the Grand Canyon, but not always where you want it so plan carefully. Of course it is possible to filter water from the Colorado River (if it is muddy then settling will be required), but the sewage tre..." current
  • 17:0117:01, 28 December 2022 diff hist +3,384 N Table of ContentsCreated page with "==Table of Contents== 400px|right 350px|right 400px|right 350px|right * Main Page ** Editorial board ** List of Co-Authors * The Place ** The Resource ** Rafting Grand Canyon ** Trip Philosophy ** The Politics of River Runnin..."
  • 12:1012:10, 28 December 2022 diff hist +2,340 Main PageNo edit summary

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