GCPBA Could Use Your Help – Help Us Help You
A reminder that GCPBA’s fund-raising effort is still active. It’s vitally important in helping us to stay in the arena when it comes to representing private boater interests. The three key areas where the Board anticipates a coming need for additional financial support are:
* The Long Term Experimental and Management Plan (LTEMP) for operation of Glen Canyon Dam, which in its final form will have a major impact on river related recreational opportunities on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon.
* The proposed LCR Escalade development, which (if not stopped) would result in an extensive resort-type development on the rim, a tramway to the river, and a restaurant literally overlooking the junction of the LCR and the main Colorado, as well as the potential for reduced or no access to the Little Colorado River Canyon for river runners.
* The Backcountry Management Plan now under development by the Park, which interfaces with river operations in important ways like closures (such as happened at Deer Creek) and impact of the increasingly popular sport of packrafting.
For those of you who have already donated, joined GCPBA, or renewed your membership, thank you for your generosity and support.
For folks who are new here, or who in the past have stayed on the sidelines, please help GCPBA through your paid membership, membership renewal, or a direct donation. Visit our new website: www.gcpba.org and look for the “Donate” link on the left side.
Thanks for your support.
Rich Phillips
Secretary, GCPBA
Current Survey Results Published
The recently closed priorities survey results have now been published.
273 people shared their opinions as to what they thought the most important issues facing Grand Canyon river runners currently are.
We are sharing a bar graph by ranking of importance at: http://gcpba.org/gcpba-current-survey/
You can compare the results of the current survey with earlier surveys conducted by GCPBA in the “Surveys” section of this website – look for “GCPBA Past Surveys” on the site navigation bar to your left.
Thanks very much for participating.
Welcome to the Grand Canyon Private Boaters Association NEW Website!
Our Goal: Ensure the ability for all to obtain, on an equal and timely basis, an opportunity to experience a float trip through the Grand Canyon while protecting the resource.
The Grand Canyon Private Boaters Association was established in 1996 to provide the self-outfitted boating public with an advocate and a clear voice seeking to achieve fair access for the non-commercial river runner in Grand Canyon and the rivers of the Colorado Plateau region.
Important note to previous GCPBA website registrants – your previous username will still work on this new site but your password may not. If it doesn’t work, you will be taken to a page allowing you to request a new password that will be emailed to you. Once you are able to log in, you can change your password if you desire. We’re sorry for the inconvenience – building a new website is as challenging as running a heavy boat through Bedrock at low, low water.
