Long-form stories about rivers — history, paddling, dam releases, fish, and the people who care about them. New posts added regularly.
Travis Mecklenburg and Logan Mynar won the 78th AuSable River Canoe Marathon in 14:20:37. Top-3 podium, full top-10, oldest starters, and the stories behind the 2026 field.
Read post →The Au Sable is a 140-mile Michigan spring creek famous for trout fishing, the founding of Trout Unlimited, and the 120-mile Au Sable River Canoe Marathon — run each July since 1947 from Grayling to Oscoda.
Read post →The Frio River at Concan peaked at 32,500 cfs on July 16, 2026 — 210x average flow. Garner State Park closed, Knippa and US 90 flooded. What the gauge data shows.
Read post →The Pine River is a 60-mile Class I paddling destination in Michigan's Huron-Manistee National Forests — a working history, a clear-water fishery, and a thriving local paddling community.
Read post →The Gauley River in central West Virginia is the most consequential whitewater river in the eastern US — its flow is deliberately scheduled six weekends a year by the Army Corps of Engineers. A full history from the 1780s salt industry through the 1932 Hawks Nest disaster to the 2026 fall season.
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