Share(The Clearwater Dam Corps sends some water safety tips to heed relevant to conditions after the recent flooding.)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., June 30 – Sunshine, a trip to the lake or river and fireworks displays. The Independence Day holiday is a great time for water fun, but Army Corps of Engineers officials advise everyone [...]

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The organizers of the Missouri River 340 have had to shorten and move the race upstream in order to hold it at all.
By Jo Schaper
Regretfully, that means to Kansas. The race, which has started from Kaw Point in [...]

Share(Information from the May 18 Shannon County Current Wave.)
Boaters living in or visiting Eminence will soon have a new river access in Eminence, just across from the Eminence City Park.
The Joshua T. Chilton Memorial Landing will be dedicated on Thursday, May 26, at 2 p.m. just in time for the Memorial Day weekend. This [...]

ShareTraveler’s annual June Float Trip Edition will be out before Memorial Day, just in time to kick off the summer outdoor recreation season.
Can floaters and power boaters get along? Jo Schaper interviews the Missouri Water Patrol, St. Louis Canoe and Kayak members and boat dealer Joe Troutt for some surprising answers to this question.
Looking for [...]

ShareThanksgiving is traditionally the time when people went to Grandma’s, or if you were a grandma, you knocked yourself out making delicious food.
Getting there and back was half the fun. To celebrate that, here’s a picture of the old hog-trough bridge over Courtois Creek north of Highway 8 between Potosi and Steelville, from a 1960s [...]

ShareOzark National Scenic Rivers invites the public to attend the grand opening ceremony of the new Visitor Contact Station at the Pulltite Campground on Friday, September 3 at 6:00 p.m. Park Superintendent, Reed Detring, will cut the ribbon officially opening the facility. The Current River Bluegrass Band will provide musical entertainment. Bring [...]

ShareThis is a followup to the report on the Missouri River 340, an annual human-powered paddlesport event which goes from Kaw Point in Kansas City the width of Missouri to the finish line in St. Charles. More background about the race can be found in yesterday’s post.
The team Easy Living, with paddlers West Hansen, of [...]

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The MR340 isn’t about floating.
The annual paddling race left Kansas City yesterday morning headed for St. Charles. The bulk of paddlers arrived at Jefferson City this morning, and already (Wednesday at 5 p.m.) some participants are passing New Haven, between Hermann and Washington, Missouri. Race officials are estimating that this may [...]

Share Ozark National Scenic Riverways will host a “Canoe and Kayak Clinic” event at Round Spring on Thursday, August 5 and Friday, August 6, 2010. There will be a morning session beginning at 9:00 a.m. and ending at 11:30 a.m. each day. The afternoon sessions start at 12:30 p.m. and end at 3:00 [...]

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Jo Schaper
“I’ve done my duty,” said brother Bill. “I got an employee of an outdoor magazine actually to go outdoors.”
I’m really not that bad.
Earlier the week before, Bill sent out the call for a float trip. My sister and her offspring declined, saying that they had to wait until after the season was over. [...]