DEFINING LEADERSHIP FOR A GENERATION OF RIVER ADVOCATES

by Evan Stafford

"THE DEGREE TO WHICH MARK’S TIME AT AMERICAN WHITEWATER HAS CHANGED THE LANDSCAPE FOR RIVER STEWARDSHIP WORK IS HARD TO QUANTIFY, BUT REST ASSURED IT’S BEEN SEISMIC." Boaters, as most of us know, tend not to be the most organized bunch. Making it to the put-in on time is a significant enough challenge, much less saving that put-in access from a change in ownership or successfully navigating a host of other issues that can jeopardize our ability to enjoy the whitewater rivers of the world. Yet, over and over again in his almost two-decade tenure, American Whitewater Executive Director Mark Singleton led our team to an unmatched level of success on river stewardship issues ranging from protecting rivers through new Wild and Scenic designations to bringing down dams, freeing entire new…

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