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Rios Libres Filmmaker Returns to Chile Seeking Answers – Interview with James Q Martin
Posted by Chris Kassar on March 6, 2013 Streams of Consequence from Rios Libres on Vimeo.
In 2010, photographer, James Q Martin and I joined forces to begin Rios Libres, a non-profit dedicated to keeping Chilean Patagonia wild. Reading about a proposal to place five major dams on the Baker and Pascua, two pristine rivers in the heart of Patagonia, inspired us to take action. We headed to Chile with an…
Kamchatka Whitewater Expedition: Source-to-Sea Kayaking in Wildest Russia (Photos)
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on July 14, 2010 Bryan Smith is leading a team of whitewater kayakers on a month long expedition to Russia’s remote Kamchatka Peninsula. Funded by the National Geographic Society’s Expedition Council, the team will be attempting several source-to-sea first descents of previously un-run rivers, as well as working with a diverse team of scientists, NGOs, and locals to help…
Tensions, Dams, Development Threaten India’s Magical Arunachal Pradesh
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on September 4, 2009 Last night the New York Times reported that tensions were escalating in Tawang, a culturally Tibetan town in the northeast Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. The Himalayan region has been closed off to foreigners for most of the last 50 years due to boundary disputes between India and China. But in early 2007, with the state easing…
Top Ten Urban Kayaking Cities – Plus Fireworks Paddles
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on July 2, 2009 Kayaking during the Fourth of July celebration in Pittsburgh. Photo courtesy of Cara Rufenacht, Venture Outdoors. If you live in a waterfront city or are visiting one this weekend for Independence Day festivities, chances are you’ve seen at least one stranger navigating your metropolis in a kayak and wondered, Could that actually be . .…
Deal of the Week: Colorado Whitewater Trips (NGA Web Exclusive!)
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on April 7, 2009 Photograph courtesy of 4 Corners Whitewater. See previously featured deals. Calling all river rats: Colorado-based 4 Corners Whitewater is offering 50 percent off its domestic rafting trips departing during the month of May. Options range from a two-hour float through downtown Durango to a three-day raft 'n hike combo—but if you ask us, the "Two Day…
Go Green: Congress Gone Wild
Omnibus Public Land Management Act Passes
Posted by Mary Anne Potts on March 26, 2009 Text by Catharine Livingston; Photograph courtesy of John McCarthy America’s wildest places scored a major victory yesterday when the House of Representatives voted to pass the Omnibus Public Land Management Act. If signed into law by President Obama next week, the legislation would, among other good things, protect more than two million acres of wilderness, some…
