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GCPBA Letter to GCNP Superintendent Regarding Grand Canyon Boundary
Please click on the below link to read GCPBA’s August 2017 letter to Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Christine Lehnertz regarding the boundary between GCNP and Native American Nations. 8-17 Boundary Letter to Super
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GCPBA RiverNews 7/20/2017 – Grand Canyon Revives River Unit After Harassment Investigation
As we reported in a RiverNews on July 16, Grand Canyon National Park is developing a plan for the Park’s return to administrative river operations. This article about it, copied below, is from the Arizona Daily Sun, July 13, … Continue reading
GCPBA RiverNews 7/16/2017 – Hualapai Nation Announce Intent to Require Permits for Camping
Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Chris Lehnertz held a Community Conversation on July 11 in Flagstaff, Arizona. This was the first meeting of an expected three per year. Superintendent Lehnertz was joined by about fifteen park staff members at the … Continue reading
GCPBA RiverNews 3/27/2017 – Grand Canyon Noncommercial River Trip Regulations Are Updated
Grand Canyon National Park recently updated their noncommercial river trip regulations. The new regulations are dated March 9, 2017. River runners are required by the Park to have a printed copy of the regulations with them at all times. They … Continue reading
GCPBA RiverNews 2/26/17 – Glen Canyon Dam HFE/Adaptive Management Report
GCPBA RiverNews 2/26/17 – Glen Canyon Dam HFE/Adaptive Management Report Grand Canyon Private Boaters Association board member John Vrymoed was on a Grand Canyon river trip during the November, 2016, high flow. His experience during it led him to contact … Continue reading
GCPBA RiverNews 1/15/17 – Stow Away Motors For Diamond Down Allowed Again!
GCPBA has just received excellent news from Grand Canyon National Park regarding the use of a motor on the flat water of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon from below Separation Canyon to the Pearce Ferry takeout. Here is our … Continue reading
GCPBA RiverNews 9/25/16 – Grand Canyon’s New Granite Springs Rapid
Boaters beware! GCPBA has learned of a change in Granite Springs Rapid at about mile 220.5, just after the popular mile 220 camps. This stretch of the river with “minor” rapids between mile 220 and Diamond Creek is often taken … Continue reading
GCPBA RiverNews 6/29/16 – Grand Canyon Night Skies To Become More Spectacular
The article below is from TECHLY. Maybe we’ll be able to see many more stars at night from our river camps. The Grand Canyon’s magnificent skies are set to become even more incredible by Ronan O’Connell June 28, 2016 It … Continue reading
GCPBA RiverNews 11/6/15 – Unused Grand Canyon Noncommercial Launch Dates Are Rescheduled, Not Lost
The Grand Canyon Private Boaters Association would like to extend our thanks to Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Dave Uberuaga for an important adaptive management change he made early this year to the Colorado River Management Plan. This change is very … Continue reading
GCPBA RiverNews 1/23/15 – Grand Canyon to Replace Portion of Trans-Canyon Pipeline at Phantom Ranch
GCPBA RiverNews 1/23/15 – Grand Canyon to Replace Portion of Trans-Canyon Pipeline at Phantom Ranch Grand Canyon, Ariz. – Grand Canyon National Park will begin replacing a portion of the Trans-Canyon Pipeline at Phantom Ranch beginning on Monday, January 26, … Continue reading