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Upcoming Events!

  • The Des Plaines Canoe & Kayak Marathon (May 16)
    web site is updated http://www.canoemarathon.com

     – and new this year includes online sign up - http://www.signmeup .com/canoemarath on

    The full race brochure and registration form can be downloaded at http://www.canoemar athon.com/ Registration. cfm

    A special "Des Plaines" hotel rate has been offered in support of the race by Wyndham Glenview Suites (3 mins drive from finish line – luxury, good night’s sleep before the race at really good prices):
    http://www.wyndham. com/groupeventsn ew/ordgv_ desplainesriver/ main.wnt  
    NOTE – HOTEL BOOKING DEADLINE IS:  APRIL 20th, 2010
    Posted by Tom Lindblade
  • Great River Rendezvous 2010 18 Mile River Race, Social Paddle, Clinics, and Family Campout
    See attachment
    Posted Mar 20, 2010 6:50 PM by Tom Lindblade
  • Rock River Canoe Rally

    Join us in Oregon, IL, canoe on the most scenic stretch of the Rock River includes an all you can eat breakfast and shuttle service from the drop off points so single paddlers are welcome!  Starting at Park East in Oregon IL, on the Rock River between the hours of 7AM and 11AM canoe or kayak to any of two takeout points, 5 mi or 9 mi.  A limited number of rentals are available and you will also receive an official commemorative patch of the Rally.  Visit http://www.oregontraildays.org/Events/2010-07-18/Sunday-Events  for more info and registration forms and maps.

    Posted Mar 19, 2010 8:27 PM by Tom Lindblade
  • 2nd Annual Aurora Paddlesports Festival to be held June 12 & 13th (Click here for flyer and forms)

    Posted Feb 18, 2010 1:03 PM by Tom Lindblade
  • Paddling Club Rendezvous
    Mark your calendars for March 13th 2010 at Canoecopia.  The Illinois Paddling Council will be hosting the first annual Paddling Club Rendezvous on Saturday evening from 5:30-7:00pm in the Superior Room at the Clarion Hotel next to the Alliant Energy Center campus.

    The Rendezvous is an opportunity for paddling club members from all over the Midwest to get together to network, share favorite paddling destinations, plan joint activities, recruit new members, and just get to know each other over pizza and soda.
    Posted Nov 30, 2009 10:32 PM by Tom Lindblade
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  • ENTER THE PRAIRIE PADDLING FILM AND PHOTO FEST
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    Posted Feb 25, 2010 7:10 PM by Tom Lindblade
  • The Vermilion Needs Your Help !

    As many of you know, Last Spring Buzzi Unicem which owns the cement plant on the Vermilion River, (one of the most paddled and best whitewater runs in Illinois) closed the river to paddlers out of fear of liability. State Representative Frank Mautino recently Introduced HB 5296 The Vermilion River Navigability Act which would solve the problem by declaring the closed portion to be navigable and therefore making it public and open. The bill has reached a crucial point and will have a hearing on Tuesday in the House Agriculture and Conservation Committee.
    It is critical that Committee members hear from large numbers of paddlers.

    Only emails or phone calls will make it in time. Emails should be short and to the point such as I am in favor of HB5296 and give your reason for your support. Urge the Representative to pass this bill through committee. We should all contact all the committee members on or before Monday February 22, 2010 and reiterate this message. Anyone willing to travel to Springfield to give testimony in front of the committee should file a witness slip prior to the hearing if they want to be recognized.

    A Synopsis of HB5296

    Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Provides that the Vermilion River, from its confluence with the Illinois River upstream to the bridge at 18th Street in LaSalle County, is declared a navigable stream, shall be deemed and held a public right-of-way, and shall remain free, open, and unobstructed, and all laws prohibiting the obstruction of navigable streams shall be deemed applicable to the Vermilion River between the points identified.

    Click below for Legislator contact information

    Posted Feb 19, 2010 10:50 PM by Tom Lindblade
  • Volunteer River Monitors Needed in DuPage County

    Tom, the FP has recently approved a new aquatic invasive species program (AIS) to be implemented throughout the FP throughout the county.  It incorporates permanent signage at all river / lake access points to advise recreational users to help STOP the spread of AIS and how to prevent their spread…… it also has a volunteer element to monitor the three subwatersheds through an absence/ presence sampler plate method for zebra mussels.

    Any questions feel free to contact me…… # 630-988-7724 cell

    Happy paddling

    Jessi DeMartini
    Ecologist
    Office of Natural Resources - Ecology
    Forest Preserve District of DuPage County
    (630) 871-7548
    Posted Feb 16, 2010 6:56 PM by Rich .
  • Make No Small Plans ….Frank Masterman and the Rock River Sweep
    Driven by a life-long desire to leave this world in a better condition than when he entered, Frank has conceived the idea of the Rock River Sweep, a one-day cleanup of all 285 miles of the Wisconsin-Illinois course of the Rock.  The event is scheduled for July 31, 2010.
    Posted Feb 16, 2010 9:22 AM by Tom Lindblade
  • February Newsletter
    Posted Feb 16, 2010 9:22 AM by Tom Lindblade
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