WELCOME to the LCCC! If you are a new member, this article is for you.

Oregon law is hard on outdoor service providers, and changes are proposed.

The Klickitat Fish Hatchery Access is closed while updates are happening, which are good for fish but include no consideration for paddler safety.

Canoeist, kayaker, boatman and all around river runner Mark Taratoot offers newer kayakers some tips on how to be an asset on a raft-supported multiday trip.

A reflection on how experienced and advanced paddlers can build safety and community by our actions, if we choose to. Photo is of Payson Kennedy, founder and philosopher in chief of the Nantahala Outdoor Center, on Section 4 of the Chattooga at 78 years of age.

Here’s Wesley Hansen’s followup article on WATER, in which he presents more evidence for the peculiar properties of the proposed mechanism by which people can influence water. Is there a way to use this to run rapids?

Member Wesley Hansen presents on the miraculous substance we know as WATER… He makes the argument that we humans can influence it using conscious intent. It just might blow your mind. Photo of clear water by Ciro Pena.

In this missive Meg Waller gives some of the reasons that Beavers are so important for the wild lands and wild waters that we love. Meg is the restoration manager for a local organization called Bark, and is working to support Beavers populations in our national forests on Mount Hood.

Inuit seal hunters in northern seas built kayaks and developed survival and hunting skills on cold seas over many generations. Young seal hunters were required to demonstrate their skill at righting the boat in many ways before they were allowed to go on a hunt. The skill of righting the boat that they developed has been named for them, but to them, the name we have used is a racist slur. Jill Marshall, geologist, suggests that we replace the E-word with a new name.

LCCC Safety Chair Chris Meinke dissects a rough day on the Molalla, with many lessons learned.