American Whitewater
Community Services Non Profits
Why pick this one
American Whitewater combines river conservation advocacy with safety education, a guide to over 6,000 runs, and an accident database covering over 1,600 incidents.
Best for
- whitewater paddlers seeking river descriptions, maps, flow information, and trip reports
- people seeking whitewater safety codes, rescue resources, and accident analysis
- river advocates addressing dams, hydropower projects, water quality, or public river access
- paddlers seeking local community connections through 85 affiliate clubs
- supporters of nationwide whitewater river conservation
Look elsewhere if
- commercial whitewater guiding or outfitting
- general outdoor recreation unrelated to rivers or whitewater paddling
- urgent on-river rescue or emergency response
Specialties
- whitewater river conservation
- river access advocacy
- dam removal and instream-flow advocacy
- whitewater safety education
- accident analysis
Certifications
- 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
What makes them different
- National nonprofit founded in 1954
- Crowdsourced guide covering over 6,000 whitewater runs
- Accident database cataloging over 1,600 fatalities and close calls since 1972
- Approximately 7,000 members and 85 local-based affiliate clubs
- Developed and promoted the International Scale of River Difficulty
Distilled from this business's own website.
Contact & Location
- Address
- 629 W Main St Unit B, Sylva, NC 28779
- Phone
- +18662628429
- Website
- https://www.americanwhitewater.org
Services
- river stewardship
- river conservation advocacy
- river access advocacy
- whitewater safety education
- river information and trip planning
- accident database and incident analysis
- volunteer and community engagement
- whitewater journal publishing