Have we got a boat-load of information for you!!
There is lots to let you know about – Please paddle thru this!!
Lots of people are jumping into the presentation this next Tuesday!!
Tuesday October 14th @ 6:30 pm Townhouse our next regular meeting
As always come early to sign in, order food or drinks and GET READY TO CHECK OUT
The Gila River
· Updates
· Slides
· Video
Program presented by
· Norm Gaume, - update
· Joanne Allen, (letters, contacts, Action for YOU TO TAKE)
· Peter Coha, Jim Brainard additional Gila info
· Mark Fuge – Gila Run done recently and others
· Adam Hill GoPro video
· Additional Rivers and …… ?
· Peter Small - Preview of the Upcoming Film – Wednesday, October 22 DamNation held in Santa Fe (see below) – a fundraiser for Save the Gila!
From the AWC web page: www.adobewhitewater.org
Upcoming Programs, Events, & Opportunities
!!!Please Note: TWO! - maybe more?? - EVENTS IN OCTOBER !!!
Tuesday, October 14, 2014 Monthly meeting - Townhouse Restaurant at 6:30pm
Gila River trips by Mark Fuge, Adam Hill, et.al, a Kayaking Video and more!
Gila Update - Norm Gaume, Joanne Allen
Please also link to protectthegila.com There are great resources there for writing to the Governor, which I think is the best hope for stopping the ISC now.
http://protectthegila.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/ActionAlert9-17-14-small.pdf
additional resources: John Fleck’s column in the Albuquerque Journal on September 30 and the editorial on October 3.
http://www.abqjournal.com/470587/news/nm-news/nm-interstate-stream-commission-dams-up-water-data.html
http://www.abqjournal.com/473169/opinion/transparency-best-policy-for-gila-water-flow-data.html
Next ISC meeting is October 27 - Details TBA
ALSO OCTOBER: Wednesday October 22nd 7pm - Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe
WHAT: A fundraiser to support efforts to Save the Gila River, featuring:
1. The Film DamNation
2. Slide presentations by speakers Norm Gaume and Steve Harris
3. Q &A
4. Dessert, coffee, tea
The Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM - 1050 Old Pecos Trail
Contact: Email: bobbebird@brob.net , prgsmall@mac.com
TO RESERVE TICKETS: call CCA 982-1338
· FOR MORE INFORMATION: Call Bobbe Besold 505-988-9244 or Peter Small 505-216-6717
· Steve Harris is Executive Director of the non-profit river conservation group Rio Grande Restoration, dedicated to protection of the ecological and economic values provided by the Rio Grande. Steve is a prolific writer, engaging speaker and advocate for the resolution of river issues.
· Norm Gaume, former Interstate Stream Commission (ISC) chairman, is a licensed water engineer and a knowledgeable, charismatic speaker. Norm is currently working to save New Mexico taxpayers and the Gila River from ISC’s construction of the Gila River diversion project. Norm and colleagues’newly completed modeling work shows the project will produce NO or very low amounts of usable water. Norm has used Reclamation’s own cost estimates and applied the financing method recently proposed by an investment bank to demonstrate the $1.1 billion dollar project is NOT financially feasible even if it would work, which it won’t.
· DamNation: this powerful film’s majestic cinematography and unexpected discoveries move the audience through rivers and landscapes altered by dams and through a metamorphosis. Never before seen in Santa Fe on a big screen!
Further upcoming Programs:
November 11, 2014 Sea Kayaking in Baja by Heidi
December 6th - Hold the Date!!! - Holiday Party
Tuesday, December 9th Next regular meeting ? TBD
January 13 - Permits, Rivers, Permits!
Telluride Film Festival next Spring - Dates and details coming soon!!!
Other Programs people are willing to present: (How about YOU?) Dates TBD
- Scott Carpenter - Nahanni River Expedition
- Adam Hill on his river adventure on the Maranon River into the Amazon
- Mark Fuge et.al - Little Known Rivers of the SW - requested by popular demand
- Desolation & Grey Canyons of the Green River - a Fall trip or Spring?
- Yampa River and Gates of Ladore
- International Kayaking by Christine Mollo
- WHOSE NEXT??? sign up NOW!!
* YOU ,too,have a River trip to spin some tales about - things for us to learn, laugh and love?
let us know, plan a time to talk about it - share your experiences PLEASE!!