Hi Everyone, I'm planning on paddling out of Diversey Harbor this Tuesday evening at 6 pm if the weather forecast improves. Today, NOAA is predicting a 30%...
Trip Report Chicago River The weather was perfect. Dan and Liz Josephites, Sarah and Steve Kirchen and I launched at 9:00AM with the wind to our backs,...
Hi Everyone, Since Sarah said she'd join me tomorrow evening at Diversey Harbor for a paddle on L. Michigan, I'm going to go ahead as planned. We meet in the...
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Gary, Thanks for writing back and also for the good laugh. It figures that the staff gives a damn and the bureaucrats don't. That does seem to be the way...
Hi Everyone, Sorry to say that I'm calling off tonight's paddle out of Diversey Harbor. The Tstorms have started here in Rolling Meadows so it seems that the...
Hi Everyone, This is a reminder that I'm the contact person for the annual Recovery Methods Workshop to be held this year at Racine's small boat harbor June...
Hi Everyone, This is a reminder that I'm the contact person for the annual Recovery Methods for Sea Kayakers Workshop to be held this year at Racine's small...
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Gary Mechanic
lstroker@...
Jun 5, 2008 11:24 am
Read about Illinois Water TrailKeepers in the latest issue of the Illinois Riverwatcher at: http://www.ngrrec.org/images/RiverWatcherSummer2008.pdf Support...
Tom Bamonte from CASKA has been very busy with the Illinois Pollution Control Board's review of the Chicago River. The outcome of these efforts could...
Here is an important message from Tom Bamonte regarding an upcoming public hearing about water quality of the Chicago River put on by the Illinois Pollution...
June 21, 2008 – 9:30 a.m. Come to Rockford to explore a different stretch of the Rock River on Saturday, June 21st with Steve Muntz and Stan Kotecki. We...
Hello all, this is the 2nd of 4 posts I am going to be making this year about the four Sea-Kayak Symposiums I will be attending this year. Waking up to WBBM-AM...
I have good information from Sarah that the offsghore wind was very challenging and made rescue practice more realistic. Water was cold but waves were great 10...
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Chain-O-Lakes (or Upper Fox River) paddle scheduled for Wed. 6/18. Anyone interested in making this a full moon paddle? Assuming weather cooperates this would...
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Gary Mechanic
lstroker@...
Jun 12, 2008 10:25 pm
Your help is needed TODAY! There are more than 7 million people living in and near the Chicago & Des Plaines River watersheds. You are probably one of them. ...
Next Tuesday the evening paddle will be at Illinois state park. There are three reasons why I like paddling the lake at the park. 1. Miles of beach. If you...
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Great news to report on the Apostle Islands Bear Box Project! As previously announced, both Prairie Coast Paddlers and CASKA have each supplied the funds...
The Voyageur Landing Race on Sunday June 15th for Elgin, IL on the Fox River has been canceled due to flooding conditions. The river in Dundee is supposed to...
Due to water conditions at IL Beach S.P., Sunday's rescue practice has been moved to Sterling Lake, in the Van Patten Woods Forest Preserve (Lake County Forest...
