VIVA LA MAGPIE
Floating down a big North American river, the kind that flows for days with no signs of civilization. The water is black and inky, and when sunlight hits the foam,…
Sacrificial People
Will Quebec's Indians be driven from their land? JON BOWERMASTER reports on a classic conservation conflict
The New Frontiers
AN ESTIMATED THREE MILLION AT LAST COUNT, the population of whitewater rafting enthusiasts in the United States has doubled in the lase ten years. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said…
Sojourn in the Wild
As people have learned to harness the tremendous power of rivers, hydroelectric dams have proliferated.
Rafting with the Cree
For 5,000 years, nomadic Cree natives have wandered along Canada's Great Whale River, a subarctic land of rolling hills, peat bogs and spruce they call "The Garden".
Rafting The Great Whale
The Cree Indians have avoided white water for centuries. Now, to help save the river they love, they're learning to raft it.
Outside Kids
“Save the Fu” By Barclay Satterfield We all put a drop of water on the back of our necks, for luck. Beth, one of the river guides, shouted “Remen a…
Escape Magazine
"Rafting Rush in Patagonia" By Rob Mcfarland White water ride to Chile Starting in Argentina, winding through the Andes to Chile, join Rob McFarland on the Futaleufu River for a…
Boston Globe
"On the Wild Side of Chile" By Peter May FUTALEUFU, Chile—So, my neighbor said, you really should come along. It's summer down there in February and this river is supposed…
Travel Along The Edge
"Rafting the Futaleufu" By David Noland (book chapter) One day in 1989, as Eric Hertz's rented Toyota van bucked along a dirt road through the remote mountains of southern Chile,…