[Awclist] Fwd: RRFW Riverwire - Grand Canyon Permit Cancellation Lottery Now Through Dec 5

[Thomas Robey]

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> From: "RRFW Riverwire Service" <riverwire at rrfw.org>
> Date: December 1, 2007 5:05:29 PM MST
> To: <riverwire at rrfw.org>
> Subject: RRFW Riverwire - Grand Canyon Permit Cancellation Lottery  
> Now Through Dec 5
>
> RRFW Riverwire – Grand Canyon Permit Cancellation Lottery Now  
> Through Dec. 5
> December 1, 2007
>
> In an announcement e-mailed only to registered applicants, Grand  
> Canyon National Park has announced a lottery for canceled non- 
> commercial river permits for the rest of 2007 and 2008.
>
> The first trip in the lottery is December 11, 2007. The remaining  
> December 2007 dates are the 16th, 25th, and 26th.
>
> The 2008 lottery dates are all for standard size groups (1 to 16  
> people) and are in the late fall, winter and early spring:
>
>  January 2008:   1st, 2nd, 14th, 15th, 17th, 21st, and 24th
>  February 2008:  2nd, 9th, 23rd, 29th
>  March 2008:     8th, 26th
>  November 2008:  6th
>  December 2008:  12th, 14th, 17th, 22nd, and 26th
>
> In order to participate in this lottery, the Park requires you to  
> set up a user profile at https://npspermits.us.
>
> In order to attempt to lure river runners to take these winter  
> trips, the National Park Service will open any unclaimed dates in  
> this week’s lottery to a first come first served phone in, beginning  
> December 10. Limitations to callers still include the one-trip-a- 
> year rule, applicants must be over 18, and must be registered with  
> an online profile at https://npspermits.us.
>
> The open dates, if there are any, will be posted on the NPS website  
> at https://npspermits.us and on the recorded phone message at the  
> River Permits office at 800-959-9164 or 928-638-7843 beginning  
> December 8.
>
> The National Park Service intends to hold the calendar year 2009  
> main lottery in February 2008.
>
> Unfortunately, at the time of this Riverwire, the web page at  https://npspermits.us 
>  cited by the National Park Service still displays information for  
> the October 19 Lottery. Users must scroll down to the bottom of the  
> page and either log in or create a new profile to log in.
>
> River runners who have not set up a profile with the Park, or do not  
> have internet connections have no way of knowing of this lottery, so  
> tell your river running friends!
>
> River Runners for Wilderness (www.rrfw.org) continues to offer free  
> lottery assistance through email and a phone hotline for the  
> complicated sign-up and lottery application process.
>
> The RRFW telephone assistance Help-line is available at (928)  
> 856-9065, throughout this lottery on a first-come first-serve basis.
>
> Lottery applicants can refer to the RRFW online lottery tutorial,  
> available for download as an Adobe PDF file of 9.5MB by clicking on  
> the “Lottery Primer” link at:  http://www.rrfw.org/lottery.php.
>
> Additionally, lottery information is available at the free Rafting  
> Grand Canyon Wiki at: http://www.rrfw.org/RaftingGrandCanyon/How_to_Get_a_Permit 
> .
>
> Discussion of the Grand Canyon lottery and winning strategies may be  
> found at The Rafting Grand Canyon Yahoo group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Rafting_Grand_Canyon/ 
> .
>
> River Runner for Wilderness offers these services at no charge,  
> supported entirely through your generous donations at: http://www.rrfw.org/store.php 
> .
>
> The Grand Canyon River Permits Office also offers help at  
> 1-800-959-9164 or by email at grca_riv at nps.gov.
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> RIVERWIRE is a free service to the community of river lovers from  
> River Runners for Wilderness. To join RIVERWIRE, send an e-mail  
> address to riverwire at rrfw.org and we'll add it to the RRFW RIVERWIRE  
> e-mail alerts list.
>
> Support the RRFW Grand Canyon litigation seeking preservation of  
> Wilderness character and Wilderness access by donating and or  
> purchasing items at the on-line RRFW Store!
>
> Join RRFW’s listserver to stay abreast of and participate in the  
> latest river issues. It’s as easy as sending a blank e-mail to Rafting_Grand_Canyon-subscribe at yahoogroups.com 
> .
>
> Check out RRFW’s Rafting Grand Canyon Wiki for free information on  
> Do-It-Yourself Grand Canyon rafting info: http://www.rrfw.org/RaftingGrandCanyon/Main_Page 
> .
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> RRFW is a non-profit project of Living Rivers.
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