Adobe Whitewater Club of New Mexico

07/09/2025

Thanks to Joey for this notification!
Great opportunity to network with another paddling club in BV. Go check it out and rep AWC.

Hi everyone!

Here is the link to this weekend's event on the Arkansas through
Colorado Whitewater (a river club in Colorado like AWC):

The is the website for CW, Colorado Whitewater, an all-volunteer , non-profit organization that promotes the sport of whitewater kayaking in the Rocky Mountains. We provide instruction, promote and teach whitewater safety, support racing and freestyle kayak competitions and participate in river cons...

04/07/2025

April Mother’s Day Races Newsletter

Happy April, AWC!

What are YOU doing for the Mother’s Day Races?

We want YOU to participate and join in the FUN!!!

Don’t forget – free t-shirts for participants and volunteers.

What events will you race in?

Race Day Events

• Intermediate/Advanced race (Downriver race)
10:00 am
Quartzite to County Line (Racecourse) 5 mi, class 3-4
Crafts: kayaks, canoes, IKs, paddleboards

• Beginner/Intermediate run
11:00 am
Held in state park section, the exact location TBD due to water level
Crafts: whatever you’d like

• Slalom race – back by popular demand
12:00 – 2:30 pm
Alberts falls
Crafts: kayaks, canoes, IKs, paddleboards

• Rodeo
3:00 – 4:00
Sleeping Beauty

• Rafts
5:00 pm
4-person & 6 person
Quartzite to County Line (Racecourse) 5 mi, class 3-4
And how do you get registered?

Registration

• On-line is now available
www.mothersdaywhitewater.com
(scroll to click on REGISTER TO RACE NOW!)

• Register in person on May 10th at the Quartzite put-in
(cash or check only! – no internet service available)

New Pricing Structure
• $30 per participant – enter as many events as you want for one low price
• $80 for raft race per team (4 or 6 person teams)
• Are you an ACA member? NO? Then $10 for ACA event insurance

Slalom Gates
We’ll have the gates up and runnable after April 27th.
This’ll give you a chance to practice your slalom skills and learn the slalom course.

Friday Night Event (5/9)
Come camp and hang out with us, swap some tall tales with fellow boaters, and enjoy great food at the
Rio Bravo Pavilion (opens at 10:00 am)
• 7:00pm – Potluck dinner and Dutch Oven Cook Off (dishes ready at 7!)

Saturday Night After-Party (5/10)
Don’t forget the 3rd annual after-party at NMRA’s new headquarters: 2273 NM-68, Embudo, NM 87531
• 6:30 ish – for a lip-smacking cookout, our fantastic raffle with a HUGE list of prizes, and the awards ceremony

Volunteers
Remember this – it takes a village to put on this event. And you’re part of this village!
So please help. Don’t be shy!

You can sign up to volunteer online at www.mothersdaywhitewater.com.
Dave will get your information and get back with you.

Here are some topics to consider – or come up with something yourself.
We’d love to have you on the team!

• On race day
o Safety boating
o Timers
o Gate judges
o Be a runner between events
o Event tables (registration, race bibs, merchandise, information, etc.)
o Shuttles
o Parking and traffic control
o Selling raffle tickets during the day and working the after-race raffle

• Before race day
o Setting up slalom gates
o Marketing – getting the word out about the races (locally & regionally)

We hope you’re as excited as we are! See you next month!

Dave Patterson and the Mother’s Day Race Committee
[email protected] (be sure to get in touch with him!)

02/19/2025

Special Request for short testimonials supporting Public Land.
This effort by our friends at New Mexico Wild deserves front page posting and our quick responses to preserve Public Lands.
Read this request below and please share your personal picture and heartfelt testimonials with Bjorn.
Scott Carpenter
AWC Pres

"I don’t know if you’ve been following the recent energy around public lands seizure/transfer efforts, though this heated up in later 2024 with state of Utah filing a petition with the Supreme Court requesting that they bypass the lower courts and take up a case in which UT hoped to have at least a large portion of the lands managed by the BLM deemed unconstitutional, thereby requiring their transfer to states and/or private parties. Fortunately this petition failed but more recent rule changes in Congress have also make the transfer of federal lands easier. Long story short, it appears with this Congress and administration that we will see additional, credible efforts to transfer public lands out of federal management. If this comes to pass we could see far reaching consequences, including a loss of recreation access.

One of our strategies at New Mexico Wild to combat this challenge is collecting testimonials on the importance of public lands from a wide array of interests to use to raise public awareness on this issue, for use in a variety of communications contexts – our newsletter, social media, press releases, etc.

Would you be willing to help me out with this project, whether by providing a testimonial as a boater on why public lands matter or helping me connect with someone in the boating community who’d be willing? We’re looking for something in the ballpark of 50 words, so a couple of sentences, plus a photo of the person providing the testimonial, with permission to use both as needed.

Many thanks for your consideration and please let me know if you have any follow-up questions."

Bjorn Fredrickson

12/27/2024

Come join us in the spirit of community, healing, service and stewardship for part of your New Year's Day to kick off 2025 by the river!

We look forward to seeing you and sharing in our love of the Rio and our precious desert waters. Catch you in the New Year!

09/10/2024

Hello AWC Boaters,

Regretfully, I have not been successful in confirming any speaker for the monthly AWC Presentation Sep 10, 2024.
The Sept 10 AWC Monthly Zoom Presentation is cancelled for tonight.

Something to tide you over though…
Pecos Source to Sea expedition report
https://www.sidetracked.com/forgotten-waters/

Quick notifications to share:
I hope to see you all at the Sep 21 annual AWC Cochiti Reservoir Cleanup event.
Join us for a great time of building community and practicing good Stewardship.
See our website and social media posts for details of Cochiti boating and even camping.
https://www.adobewhitewater.org/

Corrales Siphon Reconstruction.
The historic wooden cribbing of the siphon that carried ditch water under the Rio Grande collapsed and two massive pumps have been used to supply water to the west side Corrales ditch as a temporary fix. The permanent MRGCD repair will require a tunnel bored under the riverbed. US Bureau of Reclamation will also complete an extensive reshaping of the eroded riverbed and banks immediately below the siphon feature. With these two projects staging in the same area, we can expect major access issues at this popular river access location for the next two years. Takeouts may need to be at the North Beach access just upstream requiring a longer, uphill carry out. (Turn off Riverside Dr near the Rio Vista Park). Put-in options are very limited in Corrales, but we will post any feasible locations as discovered. Work will not begin before Balloon Fiesta, but the current minimal flows now prevent most paddlers from considering this reach anyway.

Alameda Diversion status.
The high flows of this past spring have left the Water Users inflatable diversion dam inoperable.
That federally protected facility still demands that the fish bypass channel is not to be used to float around the dam, and there has never been any feasible portage option.
Maybe this need for safe boater passage will finally be addressed during immediate repairs.
Recommendations are to launch at the Calabacillas Arroyo access point just downstream on the west bank.

El Vado Dam Reconstruction.
We hope to get more detailed information from USBR on the scope and schedule of the major rework at this failing dam, but it will take many years to find a solution.
El Vado Reservoir is basically drained, forcing any water storage for recreational release to be at Heron Lake. The Rio Chama is a premier destination for boaters in the permitted Wilderness section and the exciting Chama Daily section.

Bureau of Land Management held a Recreation Summit on Sep 5 here in Albuquerque with nearly 50 Partner Organizations to focus on Recreation Opportunities and Challenges.
National representatives were here to gather and share information to improve Outdoor Recreation in New Mexico.

Stay active and connected!
For The Love of Rivers,

Scott Carpenter
AWC Pres

04/20/2024

Playing catch-up with news from the Rio Rangers youth program! We had an amazing weekend (if rather windy at times) with our crew, paddling the Bernalillo to Corrales section on Saturday, camping out at Coronado Campground, then running Algodones on a beautiful Sunday. 🛶

Thank you to the whole team (parents, safety boaters, instructors, sponsors) who made this weekend a memorable one! From s'mores, games, and camp meals, to ferrying, surfing, and a pickup game of soccer/polo/keep-away, it really was a trip to remember 🥰

04/20/2024

We have had the most incredible time with this inspiring cohort of youth with our inaugural Rio Rangers youth program! From pool practice to lake and river paddles, to learning in community from club instructors and scientists alike, these students have grown so much in both paddling skills and as conscious stewards and recreators in the outdoors.

Many thanks again to our sponsors at NM Outdoor Recreation Division for supporting this effort, and we look forward to providing more great outdoor youth equity offerings to come!