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Welcome to the Grand Canyon Private Boaters Association Website!
The Grand Canyon Private Boaters Association was established in 1996 to provide the self-outfitted boating public with an advocate and a clear voice seeking to achieve fair access for the non-commercial river runner in Grand Canyon and the rivers of the Colorado Plateau region.
Our Goal:
- Ensure the ability for all to obtain, on an equal and timely basis, an opportunity to experience a float trip through the Grand Canyon while protecting the resource.
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GCPBA Newswire - Deadline For LTEMP Scoping Comments Extended Until Jan 31, 2012
Wednesday, December 07, 2011 @ 16:41:35 PST by admin (79 reads) | 
GCPBA is pleased to report that the deadline for comments concerning the Long Term Experimental and Management Process (LTEMP) for Glen Canyon Dam has been extended from the end of 2011 until January 31, 2012. There is a Federal Register notice in process as well as the announcement has been made on the LTEMP website: http://ltempeis.anl.gov/index.cfm
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GCPBA President Wally Rist meets GCNP's superintendent David Uberuaga
Tuesday, October 04, 2011 @ 08:44:13 PDT by richturner (160 reads) |  GCPBA president Wally Rist meets with Grand Canyon National Park's new superintendent David Uberuaga.
On Monday, October 3rd, GCPBA president Wally Rist met with Grand Canyon's new superintendent David Uberuaga (pronounced you-ber-AH-ga). The purpose of the meeting was introduce our group to him and to open a line of communication. Wally presented Superintendent Uberuaga with a GCPBA ball cap and spent about an hour discussing issues important to our association. Both Wally and Superintendent Uberuaga came away with the feeling that the meeting was productive and future communication between the two will be an important source of understanding and guidance.
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Call for submissions to Grand Canyon poetry anthology
Thursday, September 22, 2011 @ 17:38:37 PDT by admin (276 reads) | Anonymous writes Outwest Editors are seeking poems for Grand Canyon anthology. Looking for poems that illuminate the canyon experience on rim, river, or in between; poems to savor before, during, or after a canyon trip. Deadline December 31, 2011. For complete guidelines or to submit up to five poems, email grandcanyonpoetry@gmail.com.
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Overflights DEIS Released
Wednesday, February 02, 2011 @ 10:32:19 PST by admin (634 reads) |
National Park Service releases Draft Environmental Impact Statement that addresses air-tour flights and the substantial restoration of natural quiet in the vicinity of Grand Canyon National Park
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GCPBA Survey Results are in !!
Saturday, January 15, 2011 @ 13:54:28 PST by admin (1190 reads) | GCPBA recently ran a survey of interested parties here, there and everywhere, to see what the boating public's reaction was to 10 questions. Check out the answers by clicking on the "read more" link below.
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Flying Over The Grand Canyon – Where The Heck Are We?
Friday, October 15, 2010 @ 16:48:48 PDT by admin (1085 reads) | Does airplane noise bother you? If not, you may be alone. Do fatal airplane crashes bother you? If not, you may be alone. It’s the rest of us – river runners like me and other “ground users” of Grand Canyon – that are bothered by them. So, too, are the air tour operators and quite a few other stakeholders at Grand Canyon.
In 1987 the situation was so bad at Grand Canyon that some in the air tour industry went to Washington, DC, to talk their Congressmen into changing the laws so as to limit the air traffic. One of my friends had a very bad day of it, learning by telephone in his Congressman’s office that one of his very own planes had crashed, killing 9 people. Yes, the situation was bad. There were below-the-rim tours and willy-nilly routes and almost unlimited traffic. Owing to the crash and to numerous complaints about noise from Canyon rim visitors, things began to change. The National Park Service, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and the air tour operators changed things around – many times – to arrive at the soundscape and safety conditions we have today. Meanwhile, Congress passed Public Law 100-91 – August 18, 1987.
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