[Awclist] [Fwd: RRFW Riverwire - GRAND CANYON LOTTERY REGISTRATION BEGINS]

[Thomas Robey]

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Subject: 	RRFW Riverwire - GRAND CANYON LOTTERY REGISTRATION BEGINS
Date: 	Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:13:51 -0600
From: 	Riverwire <riverwire at rrfw.org>
Organization: 	River Runners for Wilderness
To: 	<riverwire at rrfw.org>



RRFW Riverwire – GRAND CANYON LOTTERY REGISTRATION BEGINS

September 12, 2006

Grand Canyon National Park has launched the registration web site for 
the new Grand Canyon non-commercial river trip lottery.

The National Park Service, while admitting to a 25 year wait for a 
permit under the old system, has instituted a new weighted lottery as 
part of the 2006 Colorado River Management Plan. The Plan, now in 
litigation, failed to re-allocate use between the park’s concessions and 
non-commercial river runners for the highly coveted summer river trips. 
The new plan also estimates that lottery applicants will wait as long as 
they did under the previous “waiting list” access system for a permit 
before winning the lottery.

Information about the new lottery can be obtained by visiting:

http://www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/weightedlottery.htm and 
https://npspermits.us/grandcanyon/river/login.cfm

According to the Grand Canyon web site, this is a two stage process, 
requiring registration and then application. The NPS web site states 
“Interested individuals can access the site for free to setup a profile 
and register to receive email updates concerning news and upcoming 
releases of launch dates.” River Runners for Wilderness encourages all 
interested river runners to at least register in order to receive 
updates on how the lottery will work.

The registration and profile page is at:

https://npspermits.us/grandcanyon/river/login.cfm

The park indicates the lottery will be help sometime in October, 
however, lottery applications will not be accepted before October 1, 2006.

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