Hartland Dam/Gunnison River Enhancements Aid in the Recovery of Endangered Native Fish and Provide The McLaughlin Whitewater Design Group (MWDG – a division of Merrick and Company) is one of six firms to receive the 2013 Engineering Excellence Awards from the American Council of Engineering Companies, Colorado for the “Hartland Dam Fish & Boat Passage Facilities …
Uptown Columbus, the nonprofit organization that coordinates economic revitalization initiatives throughout the Central Business District, Riverfront and throughout Uptown has officially selected two whitewater rafting outfitters to offer commercial trips on the Lower Chattahoochee. Whitewater Express will run trips from the Alabama side of the river in Phenix City, and the Nantahala Outdoor Center will operate …
The Hartland Dam reconstruction project has stirred local enthusiasm for additional recreational accommodation along the Gunnison River. The project objective was to provide fish passage, but the project has also remedied what was an extreme safety hazard to boaters: the dam has been the site of several rafting fatalities. The reach now provides a low hazard …
The following video shows both the power and the potential rides that can be enjoyed by rafters passing through the Cut Bait Channel on the Alabama (river right) side of the Lower Chattahoochee. The river runs between Columbus, Georgia and Phenix City, Alabama.
Construction of the Alabama Channel was completed in February 2012, allowing the western half of the Eagle and Phenix Dam, upstream, to be removed in March 2012. This removal facilitated construction of structures in the Georgia Channel (east half of the river) and opened the rapids in the Alabama Channel for raft and kayak runs …