Paddlesports

Arizona Officials Will Allow More Arsenic to Flow into the Grand Canyon’s Water. The Local Tribe Is Outraged. Headline says a lot, but everyone forgets about the river guides, who drink the water 100 days every year. A mine in AZ is now allowed to quietly, legally, kill people. https://rec-law.us/2p9y7aj4

Magazine Park Service

Arizona Officials Just Voted to Allow More Arsenic in the Grand Canyon Water Over intense opposition from the Havasupai Tribal Council, state officials quietly reclassified a request from the Pinyon Plain uranium mine to adjust acceptable levels of toxic chemicals in a critical shared aquifer.

Vermont has new law requiring PFD (life Jacket) use 11/1 through 5/1. Law also requires education & outreach efforts. Cold water decreases response & survival time, a PDF helps wearers survive https://rec-law.us/5hxrjtnf

Vermont Passes New Cold-Water Life Jacket Mandate for Boaters

Lack of a PFD (life jacket) the number reason why boaters die. #2 dangerous waters like low--head dams, #3 Hypothermia, but wearing a PFD still the best way to stay alive on any water! https://rec-law.us/yeypf7m7

.S. Coast Guard

Why Paddlers Die: Life Vest Use and the Boating Accident Data Coast Guard accident data shows 80% of fatal paddlesport incidents involved paddlers not wearing a life vest — and that's just the start.