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RTS Resources General info Environmental organizations Weather Flows - Overview Flows - Southern to Central California Flows - Outside California Paddling clubs Campgrounds and Motels Safety and Injury Favorite stores RTS Resources   RTS Listserv http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rivertouringsection/ Sign up for the River Touring Section's Yahoo listserv to stay in touch with club members RTS documents Our documents page RTS Bylaws, leader training information, and useful information on river skills and outings General info   Whitewater and Touring Guide to California creekin.net/ixmap.htm American Whitewater's California river info www.americanwhitewater.org/rivers/state/CA/ Descriptions of every run you can think of! Kern River Festival Web Site www.kvrc.org/festival.htm Environmental organizations   American Whitewater www.americanwhitewater.org Friends of the River www.friendsoftheriver.org Kern River Alliance www.kernriver.org Kern Valley River Council www.kvrc.org Southern California Edison Borel Hydroelectric Project www.borel.info Weather   Carson cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/iodir/WEANVW Johnsondale raws.boi.noaa.gov/obs2/CA_JOHNSONDALE.html Kernville raws.boi.noaa.gov/obs2/CA_KERNVILLE.html Kernville and surrounding area National Weather Service Forecast Office - San Juaquin Valley San Joaquin Valley www.wrh.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/wrhq/TotalForecast.csh?TotalForecast+WR+CA+091+031 Trimmer (Kings River) raws.boi.noaa.gov/obs2/CA_TRIMMER.html Weather across California www.wrh.noaa.gov/Monterey/forecast.html Recent snow at CA ski resorts www.skicentral.Com/rpt-california.html Flows - Overview   American Whitewater's California river info www.americanwhitewater.org/rivers/state/CA/ Gives flows for most popular runs California www.dreamflows.com/realtime.html Daily Hydrologic Summary for Central Valley Rivers cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/current/PAGE1 Daily Hydrologic Summary for Coastal Rivers cdec.water.ca.gov/cgi-progs/current/PAGE4 Pat Welch's Flows for Western Rivers kayak.science.oregonstate.edu Flows - Southern to Central California   Carson River - East Fork   EF Carson near Put-In (cfs) waterdata.usgs.gov/ca/nwis/uv?10308200 EF Carson below Take-Out (cfs) waterdata.usgs.gov/nv/nwis/uv?10309000 Kaweah River www.c2.com/kaweah/ Kern River   Army Corps data - NF Kern, Isabella & Outflow www.spk-wc.usace.army.mil/cgi-bin/hr_rep.pl?isb%20Isabella (Dam and Democrat runs) Release Changes from Isabella www.spk-wc.usace.army.mil/cgi-bin/rel_notif.pl?-isb (Dam Run, Cottonwood and Rancheria) Gives the basis of and verifies the Army Corps data, and provides brief easy-to-use trending data that can help make a go/no-go decision about the Dam Run, Cottonwood and Rancheria. It also shows the differences between weekdays and weekends and makes it clear that the flow is often dropped on Friday afternoon Kings River www.spk-wc.usace.army.mil/cgi-bin/hr_rep.pl?pnf%20PineFlat (Flows below where NF enters & Releases from Pine Flat) Merced cdec.water.ca.gov/river/mercedStages.html Flows - Outside California   Idaho rivers www.idwr.state.id.us/water/supply/riverflow.htm Oregon and Washington rivers Pat Welch's Flows for Western Rivers kayak.science.oregonstate.edu (Particularly good for Rogue and Umpqua) Rogue River   Above Alameda put-in www.wrh.noaa.gov/Medford/hydro/GRAO3.html Below Foster Bar take-out www.wrh.noaa.gov/Medford/hydro/AGNO3.html Steamboat Creek www.wrh.noaa.gov/Medford/hydro/SCRO3.html (near Glide) Umpqua River www.wrh.noaa.gov/Medford/hydro/GLIO3.html (N. Umpqua near Glide below take-out) Paddling clubs   Loma Prieta Paddlers lomaprieta.sierraclub.org/lpp/ San Francisco Bay Chapter RTS sanfranciscobay.sierraclub.org/rivertouring/welcome.htm San Onofre Paddle Surfing Association www.sopsa.org Southern California Surf Kayakers www.scsk.org Campgrounds and Motels   Kern Valley Accomodations www.kvrc.org/accomodationsww.htm Lake Isabella / Kern River Area Camping www.kernvalley.com/news/campmenu.htm Safety and Injury   Shoulder injuries www.orthopaedic.com/peshoulder.htm Favorite stores   Northwest River Supply (NRS) www.nrsweb.com Sierra South www.sierrasouth.com Sierra Trading Post www.sierratradingpost.com RTS Site Webmaster   Web design and development firm ROI Web Solutions: website development and website marketing strategy Search engine optimization firm ROI-SEO: search engine optimization specialist