Green River Cleanup 2010!
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Topic: Green River Cleanup 2010!
Posted By: JoesKayak
Subject: Green River Cleanup 2010!
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2010 at 12:45pm
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The 25 Annual GREEN RIVER CLEANUP Is set for: May 1, 2010! Boaters grab your boats and gear! On Saturday, May 1, we expect to see a river alive with kayaks, rafts, canoes, inflatable kayaks, and cat-a-rafts. We want boaters on every reach of the Green River: from Headworks to Whitney Bridge, and perhaps even farther downstream, with sea-kayaks on the Duwamish. The biggest, oldest, best river cleanup in Washington State needs your help to make this year’s Green River Cleanup the best ever. The Green River Cleanup is organized by primary sponsors Washington Recreational River Runners (WRRR) and Friends of the Green River (FOG). Other sponsors include: Middle Green River Coalition, Washington Kayak Club, Paddle Trails Canoe Club, University Kayak Club, Mountaineers, BEWET, American Whitewater, Sierra Club, Green-Duwamish Watershed Alliance, Washington State Parks, King County, and more. NEW THIS YEAR: SHANGRI-LA: The owners of Shangri-La on the Green, a beautiful private park deep within the Green River Gorge, have graciously allowed the use of the park for clean-up participants. Camping is available Friday and Saturday night at Shangri-La. We will work out special handling to pick up trash from those taking out at Shangri-La. We will need firewood for the firepit at Shangri-La. If you have some to bring, it would be most appreciated. If you camp at Shangri-La, please help out in cleaning the park. We need to leave it cleaner than we found it. Shangri-La is located about a mile downstream from Paradise. See below for directions. The Kanaskat-Palmer group camp is also reserved for the cleanup and will be used by some youth groups working as ground crews. BOATERS: You’ll stop to pick up trash along the shores and haul it down to Flaming Geyser State Park or Shangri-La. If you have a small boat, you may leave trash onshore by an eddy where a raft can stop to pick it up. If you boat downstream from Flaming Geyser and need to leave trash by the road, let us know to arrange for a pickup. Also, keep in mind due to the closure of much of Flaming Geyser Park, parking will be limited there. Consider an alternate take-out at Shangri-La or Whitney Bridge. REGISTRATION: 9:00 to noon at Flaming Geyser State Park, Shangri-La or Kanaskat-Palmer State Park. Sign-in and trash bags at either park. FOOD: After boating and picking up trash, join WRRR at Shangri-La and participate in a Dutch-oven cook-off! This will not just be a dessert cook-off as in the past, but a full dinner cook-off. DIRECTIONS TO SHANGRI-LA: 34401 Enumclaw-Franklin Road Enumclaw, WA 98022 • From 405 take Exit 4 WA-169 S exit toward maple Valley/Enumclaw. • Continue on 169/ Maple Valley HWY for 18 miles until you get to the small town of Black Diamond. • Turn left onto Lawson Street. • Lawson St becomes SE Green River Gorge Road. • Go over one Lane Bridge , and stay forward to go onto Enumclaw-Franklin Rd SE. • Look for sign on the right hand side of the road. |
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Posted By: JoesKayak
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2010 at 12:47pm
I hope to see plenty of PP'ers out on the Green this Saturday! The water won't be too low! Hell, if I can row my 14 foot raft thru the gorge at 800 cfs you can get your little kayak down, right?? 
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Posted By: rokmnky
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2010 at 2:59pm
| I hope some water makes its way down. 600 is pretty low i dont care what your in. |
Posted By: JoesKayak
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2010 at 3:14pm
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Inflow to HH is actually over 1000 now, but they are recapturing water now for the spring impoundment. Hopefully, we will be getting the full inflow amount on Saturday... We will be in contact with the dam operators as the week progresses and I'll update here as I know more. Pray for rain. Worth mentioning again: Having access to Shangri-La park for this event is huge. It's in a fantastic location for boaters and normally we don't have access since it's private. It's about a mile below Paradise, which means you can run the gorge, and then get in the next mile of good whitewater in the lower gorge and take out without having to hike up that sh*tty hill at Paradise or float all the way to Flaming Geyser. ALSO, for those wanting a nice 2/3 run on the lower gorge, you can put-in there and not deal with the carry down at Paradise. |
Posted By: James
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2010 at 3:45pm
| Sveet.. See ya out there Joe! |
Posted By: slickhorn
Date Posted: 27 Apr 2010 at 3:56pm
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From the WRRR list: the word from the Howard Hansen refill meeting today is that flows this weekend can improve over current levels if inflow rises. The USACE will not suspend the refill or supplement outflow as has happened sometimes in previous cleanups. Because of the low snowpack they can't take a chance that they will be unable to meet the refill goal. Currently they have projected an 80% chance of meeting the goal. That is improved over 55% at the last meeting. We will know Friday afternoon what they plan to release. Pray for more rain! ------------- |
Posted By: JoesKayak
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2010 at 9:14am
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Flows have come up! Come on out and show some LOVE!  The Green is a fantastic natural resource right in Seattle's back yard. Come show your support! |
Posted By: JoesKayak
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2010 at 11:02am
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WRRR got word from the USACE today. The flow tomorrow for the cleanup will not be lower than the current 950 or so, and there'sa good chance we may get another 50-100 cfs. SO, it's still low, but we got a decent, boatable flow! I've run the Green at 900-1000 plenty of times, and its quite fun at those levels. See you on the river! |
Posted By: James
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2010 at 4:32pm
| I am going to camp out at Kanaskat Palmer park so call me or find me in the morning if you need a shuttle or want to boat. I'm gonna bump around and have a good ole time cleaning up the act. |
Posted By: James
Date Posted: 03 May 2010 at 8:15am
| Twas fun to boat with you larry, and the raft/IK combo was a pretty sweet find Joe, I hope someone got photos of that rig. I was pretty surprised by the Take Out at Shangri La, it is a really nice little spot in the woods. Too bad we can't take out there all the time!!! For those that only run the upper gorge were missing out on a few final quality rapids down below paradise take time one day to float down and check em out. |
Posted By: JoesKayak
Date Posted: 03 May 2010 at 9:34am
| Yes, it was a good time! Thanks to everyone who showed up. I think Brian got pics of the raft/IK double-bubble. It may be the wave of the future! |