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National Park Sequestration and Paddling
02.26.2013
It’s a little more severe than chipping in shuttle money for gas. On March 1, various federal government entities will be forced to enact major cuts to help balance the budget. Among the branches facing such sequestration are our national parks, whose cuts could well affect our ability to paddle them.
Nation’s Top National Parks for Paddling
02.26.2013
While it remains to be seen what sequestration will spells for paddling options in our national parks, following is an alphabetized list of the top national parks for dipping a blade, whether it’s from a canoe, kayak or raft.
What the Parks Will Lose
02.26.2013
On March 1, various federal government entities will be forced to enact major cuts to help balance the budget. Among the branches facing such sequestration are our national parks, whose cuts could well affect our ability to paddle them. Under cuts unearthed by CNPSR, the following national parks are among those that would be affected:
The Crazy Canuck
02.19.2013
A look at canoeist Kevin Callan’s new book, Dazed But Not Confused, which inspires wilderness adventure, and highlights many of the popular Canadian author’s paddling misadventures.
Orca Whales—From the Vault
02.15.2013
In light of the upcoming whale-watching seasons on both coasts, we decided to pull this story from the vault and onto the website, a story on how “kayaking eye-to-eye with the whale called “killer” brings deeper understanding … and respect.”
Verlen Kruger stories “from the vault”
01.15.2013
Verlen Kruger. He was 58 when he left his home in Lansing, Michigan four years ago to go on a canoe trip. His life up until then had been pretty straightforward. Never again…
2012′s Top 10 Stories
12.21.2012
Once again, The Google has spoken. We crunched the analytics from the all-knowing search engine to find out which CanoeKayak.com stories were the most read. Here’s our top 10 original stories for 2012 plus our top video and photo gallery of the year as well as the top gear review, top skills piece, and top multimedia story from the magazine, as chosen by reader pageviews.
Going Huge
12.17.2012
Outdoor educator Adam Wicks-Arshack of Washington state nonprofit Voyages of Rediscovery looks back on a year spent reintroducing birch-bark canoe-making to the Ojibwa communities of Ontario’s Lake Temagami region, and then working on a series of massive dugout canoes with tribes back in Washington.
Convergences
12.01.2012
Where tectonic upheaval flatlines and the Brooks Range runs out, infinite space welcomes the traveler like a door thrown open. Blue as the Caribbean, the Canning River spills our two rafts from between foothills into the arctic coastal plain.
Heavy Medal
12.01.2012
If you caught Vavinec Hradilek’s silver-medal performance at this summer’s Olympic Games, you witnessed one of the world’s most dynamic slalom paddlers lay down a near-perfect run. But you probably missed the 25-year-old Czech’s clever shout-outs to his steep-creeking buddies.
Thoughts from a legend
12.01.2012
Al Widing Sr. has finished the 120-mile AuSable River Canoe Marathon a record 33 times, including 16 consecutive finishes from age 63 to 79.
Canoe & Kayak Recognized at the Eddie & Ozzie 2012 Awards
11.15.2012
The Canoe & Kayak magazine team won two awards yesterday at the Eddies and Ozzies, the largest awards competition in magazine publishing, including silver in the Consumer Single Article category for their June 2012 feature story “Fall and Rise,” which documents Jason Craig and Tyler Bradt’s extraordinary recovery from paddling injuries. The magazine also won bronze in the Consumer Full Issue category for the June 2012 issue.
Adirondack Adventures
10.30.2012
A review of Phil Brown’s new guidebook outlining 60 great flatwater Adventures in the Adirondacks
On Tap: Ruckus on the Rio Grande
10.11.2012
When it comes to the U.S.-Mexico Border perhaps it’s natural for the media to focus on bad news. But residents of Laredo are having none of it.
En Route: The Trans-Territorial Canoe Expedition (Stage IV)
09.21.2012
Dispatch No. 4 from a 2,600 mile canoe journey across Canada’s Territories.
En Route: The Trans-Territorial Canoe Expedition (Stage III)
09.18.2012
Dispatch No. 3 from a 2,600 mile canoe journey across Canada’s Territories.
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