The River Radius Podcast

An exploration of unions in river guiding. Why aren’t they common? Why do some guides want them?  A guide forms a union. One outfitter assesses the viability of unions on multi-day rivers. A guide turned outfitter on the Ocoee River provides healthcare to her guides. A boater turned insurance agent teaches provides healthcare insurance to river guides.  

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Nissan Denver Area @nissanusa

Dolores Area Businesses

• High Desert Life Outdoors @highdesert.life
• Dolores Outfitters @doloresoutfitters
• Kelly’s Kitchen @kellskitchendolores
• Wild Edge Brewing Collective @wildedgebrewing
• Dolores Food Market 2doloresfoodmarkt
• Dolores River Brewery @doloresriverbrewery
• Montezuma Mexican Restaurant @montezumamexican

EPISODE GUESTS:

Contributing Host Greg Cairns

Greg's film website

BC Rimbeaux

Dustin Ahern @idahoriveradventures

Idaho River Adventures

Sara Beth @oarafting   

Outdoor Adventure Rafting

Carrie Soulliere      On Facebook

Covered with Carrie

Article about Executive Order to Raise Federal Minimum Wage for Contract Workers

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As spring melt begins to fill rivers in the Western United States, the anticipation is high for big water runoff this season because of the long snowy winter.  The River Forecast Centers of the National Weather Service provide forecasting for river flows across the country.  This episode talks with the 3 of the Western Forecast Centers to learn about the snowpack and the coming river flows for spring of 2023. 

EPISODE CONTENT LINKS

13 River Forecast Centers
Colorado River Basin Forecast Center
California Nevada River Forecast Center
Northwest River Forecast Center

National Oceanic Administrative Association

National Weather Service

United States Geologic Survey Streamflow Data

Lake Powell Info

SPONSORS

Denver Nissan Area Dealers
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Dolores Area Businesses

• High Desert Life Outdoors
• Dolores Outfitters
• Kelly’s Kitchen
• Wild Edge Brewing Collective
• Dolores Food Market
• Dolores River Brewery
• Montezuma Mexican Restaurant

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Every year since 1984, American Rivers has released a report called America's Most Endangered Rivers. To be highlighted by this report, rivers must have significance to human and natural communities, face consequential threat, and have an upcoming major decision that the public can help influence. This episode is an interview with Sinjin Eberle and Amy Souers Kober on what makes this report an effective river conservation tool, the most endangered rivers of 2023, and tangible actions that we as listeners can do to engage with the most endangered rivers of 2023.

GUESTS 

American Rivers

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America’s Most Endangered Rivers of 2023

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Amy Souers Kober

Sinjin Eberle

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American Rivers celebrates its 50th Anniversary this year.  Founded in 1973, American Rivers is a national level river conservation organization.  To understand how they see the future of rivers, we interviewed their Executive Director to hear his story and what American Rivers is focusing on in the next few decades. 
 

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NISSAN DENVER AREA DEALERS
DOWN RIVER EQUIPMENT
RAFTOPIA AT DOWNRIVER EQUIPMENT

GUESTS

TOM KIERNAN
AMERICAN RIVERS
AMERICAN RIVERS MEMBERSHIP AND ENGAGEMENT
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River corridors are the conduits of water and beauty.  And so many of us treasure our time there.  How do we best leave it untrammeled?  Two experts on River Leave No Trace (LNT) join me to talk through the LNT philosophy. 

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American Whitewater
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Down River Equipment
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Raftopia at Down River Equipment
 

GUESTS

Colter Pence
Wilderness, Wild & Scenic Rivers, and Trails Program Manager
Flathead National Forest
Hungry Horse - Glacier View Ranger District

MacKenzie Holbrook
Colorado Mesa University Outdoor Program
Human Kinda SWR

LNT    
Leave No Trace

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Is it true that lightning can’t strike in the Grand Canyon? How far can lightning travel through water? If it does strike, where is the safest place to be? This episode explores lightning from scientific and risk management perspectives. Grounding theory through personal narratives and best practices, this episode is a tool for any river runner’s stormy trips. 

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American Whitewater
Down River Equipment
Raftopia at Down River Equipment

GUESTS

LAURA HARRIS

JOHN BELZ, UNIVERSITY OF UTAH

John Belz's Undergraduate Seminar Power Point (it loads but real slow, and its super cool)

Video:  "ROCKET-TRIGGERED LIGHTNING" from University of Florida

JOHN GOOKIN, NOLS, NOAA

John Gookin's book, "LIGHTNING"

John Gookin's research paper, "BACKCOUNTRY LIGHTNING RISK MANAGEMENT"

John Gookin's NOAA Brochure
 

RESOURCES

Lightning Safety Brochure: https://www.weather.gov/media/owlie/backcountry_lightning.pdf

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Running waterfalls in rafts is not overly common, but some rafters do it.  Tony Glassman and his river crew built a film about running waterfalls that eventually lead to people following their lead, but not following their path of gaining experience and skills.  Tony explains the layers of training and safety and experience and communication that he and his river crew have worked through to become competent waterfall running rafters. 

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Down River Equipment Company
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GIVEAWAY
River Radius & Down River Giveaway
Down River Clear Creek Cat Boat Package

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Other rafting film:  Go Big Or Go Home

TONY'S BOOK LIST

Water the blood of my soul 
Canoeing the Congo 
Anything worth doing 
Comrades of the colca 
Brothers of the Bashkaus 
River of doubt 
Where the water goes 
Emerald mile 
Down the great unknown 
Beyond the hundredth meridian 

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River Guides have a great life working on rivers, guiding people down fun and beautiful rivers. But what makes that life hard? How do River Guides deal with stress?  Responder Alliance is building tools for River Guides and OARS, an outfitter, is putting the tools to work with their River Guides. 

GUESTS

Brooke Edwards
Responder Alliance
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Courses
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Bruce Lavoie

ENDLESS SUMMER EPISODES

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Hayley Stuart learned to kayak while attending an international traveling high school.  Today she works with indigenous river communities in South America to prevent dams from changing their rivers into reservoirs.  She is teaching these river communities to kayak, building films about this work, attends the United Nations COP meetings as a linguistics translator working to UnDam the UN, and recently earned a Masters from Oxford University  in water science, policy and management.

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GUEST

Hayley Stuart
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TEDx
Rios to River biography
Film: Silent River, Still Jungle  (scroll down for film)
Beni River
 

ORGANIZATIONS

Amazonian River Allies Bolivia (Organization in Bolivia founded by Hayley)

Rios to Rivers
Paddle Tribal Waters:  Bolivia  (Rios to Rivers)
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School of International Training

Oxford University

Ottawa Kayak School
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World Class Kayak Academy (formerly also known as The New River Academy)
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American Whitewater is one of the oldest whitewater clubs in the United States, has become the club of clubs and is a modern leader in access to whitewater rivers and river conservation.  Recently the leadership at American Whitewater shifted as Mark Singleton stepped down after 18 years, and Clinton Begley became the Executive Director.  We talk with both Mark and Clinton to learn about AW, their history and their future.  

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