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Stakeholder Profile: Grand Canyon River Guides, Inc.
The Grand Canyon River Guides is a nonprofit corporation that represents recreational whitewater river boating interests in the Grand Canyon. We seek to protect and restore native elements of the Grand Canyon river ecosystem while ensuring high quality and enduring opportunities for the river visitor. We are "dedicated to the quality of the Grand Canyon experience."
Grand Canyon River Guides, Inc., founded in 1988, is unique in that it provides a collective voice for river guides and river runners to protect the natural resources of Grand Canyon National Park. Composed of over 1,900 individuals who are loyal and dedicated to the continuing preservation of this national icon, our non-profit 501(c)(3) educational and environmental organization's goals are to protect the Grand Canyon, to set the highest standards for the river profession, to celebrate the unique spirit of the river community and to provide the best possible river experience. Our members understand that the Grand Canyon is one of the most sought after and deeply treasured outdoor experiences in the public mind and without proper protection, we would lose one of the most valued, irreplaceable areas, not only of the United States, but of the world. Larger organizations may address broad environmental issues in the Grand Canyon and Colorado Plateau region, but Grand Canyon River Guides (GCRG) focuses solely on immediate environmental issues of the Colorado River corridor in Grand Canyon, combining protection with public education.
Since our inception in 1988, we have been intimately involved with a number of programs regarding protection of Grand Canyon including:
- The Glen Canyon Dam Environmental Impact Statement (1990 - 1995)
- The Grand Canyon Protection Act of 1992 (1991 - 1992)
- The Adaptive Management Program of Glen Canyon Dam to mitigate adverse effects on downstream resources (GCRG represents recreational interests on this Federal Advisory committee) (1996 - 2005)
- Revision of the Colorado River Management Plan
- Efforts to help protect Natural Quite from the unrestrained growth of the air tour industry (1994 - 2005)
- Guides Training Seminar - a superlative interpretive training program in the cultural, natural, and human history of Grand Canyon, plus relevant resource management issues (1990 - 2005)
- A long-term comparative photographic program to monitor Grand Canyon beaches called Adopt-a-Beach (1996 - 2005)