AW launches Flow Study for Yampa River
Colorado - American Whitewater is working to identify the range of flows that support the full
range of boating opportunities for the main stem and tributaries of the Yampa and White Rivers.
As part of our Yampa River Project, we are working with the Colorado Water Conservation Board and
the Yampa-White Basin roundtable to identify and define flows needed for continued recreational
uses on Northwestern Colorado's iconic rivers. THe results of our assessment will be used in
future negotiations over water supply planning, and resouce management actions.
We have developed this survey so individuals can help American Whitewater represent recreational
interests in deciding what the future of the Yampa and White Rivers will look like. Our goal is
to utilize information from the survey to help us quantify flow preferences for whitewater
boating, which will identify the range of flows necessary to provide whitewater recreation
experiences, from technical low water to challenging high water trips. The information will
provide us with the data necessary to describe flow-dependant recreation experiences and to
protect and manage flows for river-based recreational opportunities.
AW is currently working with local governments, conservation groups, and State and Federal
agencies to decide the future of the Yampa and White Rivers and their tributaries. Your honest
participation in this study, will help American Whitewater Staff develop new instream flow
guidelines for the Yampa and White Rivers.
Please encourage your fellow paddlers to participate in this study. The more responses we get the
more robust our results will be. We will publish results of this survey for the benefit of
paddlers with an interest in recreational opportunities on the Yampa and White Rivers.
To take the survey, click here
Nathan Fey
1601 Longs Peak Ave.
Longmont, CO 80501