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Rivers Alliance Welcomes Connecticut Water Trails Expert William H. Anthony to the RA Board of Directors
William H. Anthony has joined the board of Rivers Alliance. Bill is an avid kayaker and boating enthusiast and comes to the board with a focus on the new Water Trails Program. He serves on the board of Flanders Nature Center & Land Trust and The Friends of Outer Island (Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge). Bill has a degree in English from the College of William & Mary and was stationed in Germany while serving in the U.S. Army. He was the founder of William Anthony Construction in Woodbury and served as its President until 2007. He has served on the Bethlehem Conservation and Inlands Wetlands Commission as chairman and the Andover, MA Conservation Commission as chairman of the Stewardship Committee. Bill will bring a new perspective concentrating on recreation and use to Rivers Alliance. We are all delighted to welcome him aboard.
The Water Trails website is under development. Until it's ready for action, here is some additional information (in no particular order):
The Connecticut River Boating Guide: Source To Sea at http://www.ctriver.org/boating_guide.html
Pennsylvania's Water Trails site at: http://www.fish.state.pa.us/watertrails/trailindex.htm
Maine Island Trail Association - "As Maine goes, so goes the nation"
Washington Water Trails Association (WWTA) mission statement
Canoe and Natural Resource Guide to the Quinnipiac River. This booklet includes detailed maps showing canoe and fishing access points. Also, historical, geological and wildlife information at http://www.qrwa.org/Publications/Canoe&NRGuide.pdf
Upper Quinnipiac River Canoeable Trail Guide. Enjoy all the river has to offer with this guide to canoeing the Upper Quinnipiac at http://www.qrwa.org/Publications/CanoeableGuide.pdf
Trails.com clickable map of Connecticut flatwater paddling and canoeing (membership required for full access) at http://www.trails.com/stateactivity.asp?area=10796
American Canoe Association's description of requirements to be listed as one of their Recommended Water Trails.
ConnYAK's Launch Site Directions and PADDLING AND LAUNCHING ETIQUETTE
Hartford Courant article on Protecting, Promoting 'Water Trails' (January 31, 2008) at http://www.courant.com/features/lifestyle/hc-ctwatertrails.artjan31,0,4124650.story
Northeast Paddlers Message Board page describing Connecticut Water Trails Day (June 14, 2008) with links to contact people at http://www.npmb.com/cms2/e107_plugins/calendar_menu/event.php?1213455600.event.15
Connecticut Sea Kayakers (ConnYak) website at http://www.connyak.org/default.htm
American Canoe Association's Water Trails Database listing for Connecticut (only 1 listing as of 6/26/08) at http://www.americancanoe.org/recreation/watertrails.lasso?state=conne Connecticuticut&-Database=waterway&-Table=web&-Search=-Search&-maxrecords=all&-sortfield=name
Watertrailslocator.com listings for Connecticut (3 items, none in CT as of 6/26/08) at http://www.watertrailslocator.com/connecticut_water_trails.htm
National Parks Service page on water trails at http://www.nps.gov/ncrc/portals/rivers/projpg/watertrails.htm
Connecticut Recreational Canoe & Kayaking Maps from ctxguide.com at http://www.ctxguide.com/ct_canoe_kayaking_maps.htm provides a clickable map to topo maps of Ct lakes and rivers
CTvisit.com search listing at http://www.ctvisit.com/search.aspx?search=canoe&search=kayak&search=whitewater&search=flatwater%search=%20raft&search=tubing
America's Water Trails Resources page at http://www.americaswatertrails.org/resources.html
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