[Awclist] [Fwd: RRFW Riverwire - NEW GRAND CANYON LOTTERY INFO]

[Thomas Robey]

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Subject: 	RRFW Riverwire - NEW GRAND CANYON LOTTERY INFO
Date: 	Sun, 10 Sep 2006 22:14:07 -0600
From: 	Riverwire <riverwire at rrfw.org>
Organization: 	River Runners for Wilderness
To: 	<riverwire at rrfw.org>



RRFW Riverwire – NEW GRAND CANYON LOTTERY INFO

September 10, 2006

River Runners for Wilderness has recently discovered some additional 
information about the new Grand Canyon National Park Lottery for 
non-commercial Colorado River rafting trips, set to begin October 1, 2006.

“With the new lottery just three weeks away, we assumed that Grand 
Canyon National Park would take the last few months to aggressively 
outreach to river runners about how the new lottery works” observed Tom 
Martin, River Runners for Wilderness Co-director.

According to Martin, this new web link includes critical information as 
who can apply, what the lottery will cost to enter, information about 
the on-line application and how to establish an on-line “profile”, 
restrictions to the lottery, and how the cancellation lottery will work.

“Given the complexity of the new lottery and the lack of information 
from the agency about how this new lottery will work, we find the recent 
lack of educational outreach simply shocking. The Park Service’s goal 
should be to see that more non-commercial river runners succeed in 
obtaining a permit, not less,” he continued.

The new information appeared very briefly on the Grand Canyon National 
Park web site on August 30^th . The information was removed from the 
Grand Canyon National Park web site and is now only available in the 
Park Service archives. You can see the information at 
http://www.nps.gov/archive/grca/river/LFNCfaqs.htm#one.

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