PHILADELPHIA - The Environmental Protection Agency and American Rivers today announced two additional recipients of environmental grants to benefit communities, protect and restore habitat, forests, farmland, rivers and clean water in the Potomac Highlands region of West Virginia.
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Here’s some great helmet cam footage of Team Fluid paddlers on the Lower Meadow River in West Virginia. The Meadow is a classic West Virginia class 5 run. It’s also notorious for being one of the most dangerous rivers in the US. That’s some serious kayaking! Check out the video:
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On Friday, American Whitewater formally requested several studies as part of the relicensing of
the Hawks Nest Dam, which significantly de-waters the New River Dries in West Virginia. In
addition to our study requests, we offered evidence of the hydropower project’s effects on
whitewater...
PFD Cam footage from inside the raft. Watch as some pro river guides paddle a raft on the the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers after Hurricane Sandy. The Shenandoah was running at 7 feet of high water, while the Potomac river was running at just over 14 feet at Harpers Ferry. Filmed October 31, 2012....
PFD Cam footage from inside the raft. Here we’re surfing the raft in Helicopter Hole below Lost Paddle rapid on the Upper Gauley River in West Virginia, USA. Filmed October 21, 2012, the last day of Gauley season 2012! Level was 2800cfs. This is one of the best surf holes on the Gauley!...
PFD Cam footage from inside the raft. Watch us run Shipwreck Rock rapid on the Upper Gauley River in West Virginia, USA. This is the an easy Class III rapid with potentially deadly consequences if you swim. The huge rock the looks like a train boxcar is severly undercut- swim into that and...
PFD Cam footage from inside the raft. Watch us run Insignificant rapid on the Upper Gauley River in West Virginia, USA. This is the first big Class V rapid on the Gauley. Watch out for the nasty pourovers on the left, and the big mean holes on the right! This was an R2 raft- only 2 paddlers. Filmed...
PFD Cam footage from inside the raft. Watch us run Sweet’s Falls rapid on the Upper Gauley River in West Virginia, USA. This is the 5th of the big class V rapid on the Gauley. This rapid is basically a 14 foot waterfall!. Watch out for Dildo Rock on the left and the Energizer on the right-...
PFD Cam footage from inside the raft. Watch us run Wood’s Ferry on the Upper Gauley River in West Virginia, USA. This rapid has 2 big drops then a pourover rock called Julie’s Juicer. We put the nose of the raft right in it! Filmed Sept 30, 2012, the fourth weekend of Gauley season 2012!...
PFD Cam footage from inside the raft. Watch us run Iron Ring rapid on the Upper Gauley River in West Virginia, USA. This is the 4th big class V rapid on the Gauley. This rapid was formed years ago when loggers blasted a channel. Watch out for Woodstock hole in the middle and the reactionary wave on...
PFD Cam footage from inside the raft. Watch us run Lost paddle rapid on the Upper Gauley River in West Virginia, USA. This is the 3rd big class V rapid on the Gauley. This rapid is long, technical, and dangerous. This was an R2 raft- only 2 paddlers. Filmed October 01, 2012, the fourth weekend of...
