It Will Noli-Chuck Ya
I’m helping with the movement in Northeast Tennessee to designate the Nolichucky River as Wild and Scenic.
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It was Mike Ryans fault..
Michael Richard Ryan has 3 first names. While I had grown up next to various bodies of water from creeks to oceans Mike was the first person who truly brought...
Learn MoreIt Begins with a River
I fell in love with water growing up in the mountains of western North Carolina. But I discovered that water is life in the desert southwest. There I was part...
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I was Hooked
My first memory of being in a boat was as an elementary school student. At that time my family lived in Hawaii, it was a dugout outrigger canoe.
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I live with Rivers
I live in a community bordered by the Potomac River, Occoquan River, and Bull Run. As a rowing Coach, I use those rivers every day to work with kids who...
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I belong in this environment
Barbours Creek is a mountain stream near the western boundary of VA, and I’m a mountain boy who was born and belongs in this environment. The creek is a cold,...
Learn MoreHow we Learned to Paddle the Waters Around the New Orleans, La. Area
As young men we would hope into our cars, trucks and vans and head out to the North Shore where we would find the only local rivers that were navigatible...
Learn MoreGrowing Up on the River
Our family spent a lot of time on rivers in Alabama. The Coosa River, the Cahaba River and the Black Warrior. Summer months meant every weekend we would head out...
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