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Whitewater paddling is a risky outdoor sport. BRV is not responsible for any individual’s decision to participate in a trip, or for his or her decision to run any river or section of a river.

• MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT OCT NOV DEC To add or change a trip listing: Please email Mike Martin, webmaster, or call him or Beth Koller to add/change listings for the newsletter. Also share trip info on the BRV Facebook page. To post or change a trip on short notice, send a “reply all” e-mail to a BRV email message. Thanks to all who coordinate BRV trips!
  Date	Location	Difficulty1	Contact
  Winter 2017
  Jan. 25	Sideling Hill Creek with MCC	PN	Craig Wolfe 303-461-7846
  Feb. 17-18 (Fri-Sat.)	2017 National Paddling Film Festival - Frankfort, KY	All
  Feb 25. (Sat.)	CCA Trip Leaders' Training Seminar "We plan to cover a great deal of material handy for running safe & fun trips."	All	Charlie Duffy
  MARCH 2017
  Mar. 4 (Sat,)	Annual Icebreaker with CCA's Ed Gertler Ed's been leading this trip for four decades. See more about his MD/DEL, PA, and NJ guidebooks on his new web site and update your editions.	TBA	Ed Gertler
  March 7 (Tues.)	BRV meeting, 7:00 p.m. Clara Barton Center 7425 MacArthur Blvd, in Cabin John. MD	All	Rick Koller
  March 11-12 (Sat.- Sun.)	Daylight Savings Time begins Sun., March 12 Dealer's Choice		Your Name Here
  March 23 (Thurs.)	K1 Skills Clinic: Applying Slalom Techniques to River Running: K-1 Long Boats. This free event will be held at the Feeder Canal (Lock 6) starting at 10:30. Please use the CCA site to register in advance. Slalom Techniques Session	PN-HI	Jim Scott (202) 244-6354
  March 25 (Sat.)	Hopeville Canyon	I	John Snitzer 301-404-0009
  APRIL 2017
  TBA	Couch Potatoes' Spring Shakedown Cruise This excursion was postponed from previous weekends due to low water/poor weather	TBA	Rick Koller 301-496-8414
  April 1-2 (Sat. - Sun.)	Fools' Choice Rain Chaser	TBA	Frank Fico
  April 8 (Sat.)	Potomac River Cleanup Annual CCA & BRV club boaters' help in conjunction with the Alice Ferguson Foundation's Watershed cleanup day at at Riley's Lock. Cleanup supplies provided, but bring water and lunch.  River level permitting, bring your boat for island/GW canal cleanup.	All	Kathleen Sengstock (BRV) 202-225-1461 or Kay Fulcomer (301) 990-7575
  April 7-9 (Fri.-Sun.)	Elk River Festival (a.k.a., Webster Wildwater Weekend, Webster Springs, WV) [Stay at Camp Cesar, Cowen, WV]	LI-A
  April 8 opr 15	Stonycreek Release	All	Jim Pruitt
  April 15-16	Easter Weekend Tom McCloud's annual Smoke Hole area trip. Contact Tom or see the Coastals Canoe Club Calendar for updates. Bloomington Release Annual Upper Monocacy River "Bluebells" trip  (Sat.)	LI-HI     PN	Tom McCloud     Dean Geis 410- 875-0856
  April 22-23 (Sat. - Sun.)	Bloomington Release Stonycreek Release
  April 26-30 (Weds.-Sun.)	Pine Creek PA area camper with MCC	TBA	Craig Wolfe 303-461-7846
  April 29 (Sat.)	Cacapon Trip Meets at the Rt. 127 take-out at 10:30.		Bob Whiting
  April 29 (Sat.)	Potomac - Brunswick to Point of Rocks (back-up date of Saturday, May 6). Bring a fishing pole or supersoaker.		John Stapko 301-953-1949
  April 29-30 (Sat. - Sun.)	Bloomington/SmokeHole	LI-I
  MAY 2017
  May 2 (Tues.)	BRV meeting, 7:00 p.m. Clara Barton Center 7425 MacArthur Blvd, in Cabin John. MD	All	Rick Koller
  May 6-7 (Sat. - Sun.)	Stonycreek Release Cheat River Festival
  May 13-14 (Sat. - Sun.)	Antietam Creek (Sunday) Bloomington Release	PN	Beth Koller
  May 13-21 (Sat to next Sun.)	19th Annual MCC/BRV Smoky Mountains Trip Class III/IV rivers and creeks in North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina.	I-A	Richard Hopley 301-755-0471
  May 20 (Sat.)	62nd Annual CCA Downriver Race - Mather Gorge or Anglers to Lock Sycamore Island Race Postponed from 5/13/2017 due to High Water	I	See www.canoecruisers.org
  May 20-24 (Sat.-Weds.)	WW Canoe Instuctor Certification Courses (LI-IV) Riley's Lock	A	CAPCKO/MIke Aronoff
  May 19-21 (Fri-Sun.)	Stonycreek River Festival Hosted by Benscreek Canoe Club Quemahoning Releases Scheduled Camping/food/music available at Greenhouse Park in Ferndale. Camping also available at Quemahoning Reservoir Recreation Area and at Nanty-Glo Park.	I-A
  Memorial Day Weekend May 27-29 (Fri-Mon)	Camper at Teeters Campground, Albright, WV Stonycreek Release (May 27) Bloomington Release May 27-28	LI-A	Mike Martin, Daryl Hall & Courtney Caldwell
  Memorial Day Weekend May 27-29 (Fri-Mon)	Smoke Hole Camper	LI	Len Rice
  TBA	BRV meeting	All	Rick Koller
  June 2017
  Jun 2-4 (Fri.-Sun.)	Atlantic Coast Swamp Exploration Trap Pond State Park (Laurel, DE) Call early as site reservations are needed. The group will assemble and camp on Friday night of June 2. Children and less experienced paddlers are welcome (please contact Miki if you are unsure about skill issues).	N	Miki Komlosh (240-620-9440)
  June 3-4 (Sat.-Sun.)	UPDATED -- Sunday June 4: South Fork of the Shenandoah from Newport to Luray Rescheduled from June 3 Eastern Shore Savage Release June 3 Stonycreek Release	PN	Al Cassel  202-669-5224
  June 9-10 (Fri.-Sat.)	Harpers Ferry Outdoor Festival/Tim Gavin Memorial Down River Race
  June 10-11 (Sat.-Sun.)	Dealer's Choice	I-A	Ned Howenstein
  June17-18 (Sat.-Sun.)	Stonycreek Release	I-HI	Megan O'Reilly  301-512-0711
  June 23-25 (Fri.-Sun.)	Paw Paw Bends CamperOrganized by by Upper Potomac from Paw Paw, WV to Little Orleans	N-PN	Karen Trump (717) 689-2251
  JULY 2017
  July 1-4 (Sat.-Tues.)	July 4th Weekend Dealer's Choice Jul 1 Stonycreek Release July 1-2 Savage Release July 2 DC Fireworks Outing - July 4 CCA: Kayaking Class For Novice Paddlers (July 1-2) Pennyfield Lock	LI-I   N N	David Cottingham 202-966-8678   Starr Mitchell Cory Heyman 240-505-3942
  July 1-9	Carolina Canoe Club Week of Rivers	LI-E
  July 8 (Sat.)	CCA Dealer's Choice possibly the Lower Yough or the James	I	Keith Masill 540-219-9277
  July 15-16 (Sat.-Sun.)	Stonycreek Release Great Falls Foundation - Little Falls Race #2 July 16
  July 22-23 (Sat.-Sun.)	CCA Dealer's Choice: Family Paddle - Class 1-2 - Maybe on Sunday the 23rd Contact Ross to give him your druthers.		Ross Dence (\202 882-9392
  July 25 (Tues.)	BRV Meeting Clara Barton Community Center, 7425 MacArthur Blvd, in Cabin John. MD.	All	Rick Koller
  July 27-28 (Thurs-Fri)	Thursday Paddle - 2 Day - Lower /Middle Yough	I/PN	Contact: Bob Maxey 703-823-1439
  July 29-30 (Sat.)	Stonycreek Release	I	Ross Dence
  AUGUST 2017
  Aug. 12 (Sat.)	BRV MOONLIGHT PICNIC	All	Mark Wray 703-222-4842
  Aug. 19-20 (Sat.-Sun.)   Aug. (Sat.) Aug. 20 (Sun.) Aug. 20 (Sun.)	Penn Cup Canoe/Kayak Salom Race series Clinic, practice session, and easy race designed to introduce paddlers to the sport of slalom racing (race boat not required) at RiverSport on the Middle Yough. Great Falls Race Little Falls Race Valley Falls on the Tygart River WV Clinic to learn how to run the falls and a possible race. Spectators welcome.		Linda Basilicato 202-257-8380    Great Falls Foundation Great Falls Foundation Barry Adams
  Aug. 26 (Sat.) Aug. 26 (Sat.) Aug. 26 (Sat.) Aug. 27 (Sun.)	Fredericksburg Rappahannock Trip followed by a BBQ lunch and distillery tour.  MCC/MDCC Pot-luck Picnic, Gear Swap, & River Cruise Private river access owned by Blue Ridge Acres Community, 1000 Country Club Drive, Harpers Ferry. Bloomington Bloomington Early start. Small group. Ladies Only Lower Yough Combined Clubs' Trip	LI-I LI-I I	Mark Wray 703-222-4842 Bob Whiting  or 301 696-2024.   Alf Cooley Beth Koller 410-786-4633 Nancy Y Kell 240-329-8995
  SEPTEMBER 2017
  Labor Day weekend Sept. 2-4 (Sat. - Mon.) (Sat.-Sun.) Sept. 2 (Sat.)	New River Rendezvous multi-club gathering Hico, WV Lower Yough Lehigh	LI-A I LI	Ken Dubel Gus Anderson Phil Dawson 443-875-4182
  Sept. 9-10-(Sat.-Sun.)	Great Potomac Tire Rodeo Potomac Clean up trip Sept. 9 Lock 10, 9:30 a.m. Relaxed run, Class 1-2.   September 9    Women on the Water with Calleva on the Potomac Heritage Trail . September 9-10   Penn Cup Series clinic, practice session, and easy race (race boat not required) on the Little Lehigh near Allentown, PA. Sept. 10 Splash/float trip near Harper’s Ferry  from the Potomac Wayside Park to Brunswick. Children welcome. Supersoakers expected.	All PN N LI-I N	Lou Campagna 240-463-1971   Linda Basilicato 202-257-8380  Miki Komlosh
  Sept. 16-17 (Sat.-Sun.	Bloomington Release Beth Koller willl lead a trip limited to 10 boaters on Sunday. Contact her by Friday night to sign up.		Beth Koller
  Sept. 20 (Weds.)	BRV meeting 7 p.m., Clara Barton Community Center, 7425 MacArthur Blvd, in Cabin John, MD. The program includes a video about paddling Ontario's Missinaibi river, followed by a pizza, beer, and BS session at Ledo's Pizza on River Rd.	All	Rick Koller
  Sept. 23-24 (Sat.-Sun.) Sept. 24 (Sun.)	September 23-24  Penn Cup Series clinic, practice session, and easy race (race boat not required) Fiddler’s Elbow Rapid near Hummelstown, PA. Party and concert for clean water at the National Harbor		Linda Basilicato 202-257-8380  RiverPalooza
  OCTOBER 2017
  Sept. 30 - Oct 1(Sat.- Sun.)	Savage Release Sept. 30 Team River Runner Biathlon October 1		Megan Mornini  301-906-1084 or Megan@TeamRiverRunner.org
  Columbus Day Weekend Oct. 7-9 (Sat. - Mon.)	New Jersey Pine Barrens Camper		Ed Evangelidi
  Oct. 14-17 (Sat. - Tues.)	Gauley River Festival
  Oct. 14-15 (Sat. - Sun.)	Penn Cup Series clinic, practice session, and easy race (race boat not required) at the Sunnyside Paddling Park in Bellafonte, PA.		Linda Basilicato 202-257-8380
  Oct. 21-22 (Sat. - Sun.)
  Oct. 28-29 (Sat. - Sun.)
  NOVEMBER 2017
  Nov. 4-5 (Sat.-Sun.)	Daylight Savings Time ends Sunday Nov. 5 Tohickon Creek		To verify the release and access rules, contact Nockamixon State Park at 215-529-7300, or Delaware Canal State Park at 610-982-5560.
  Veterans Day Nov. 10-12 (Fri.)	Eastern Shore Car Camper	PN	Ed Evangelidi
  Nov. 15 (Weds.)	BRV meeting, 7:15 p.m., Clara Barton Community Center, 7425 MacArthur Blvd, Cabin John, MD. The meeting will feature a slideshow about paddling adventures in Patagonia presented by John Snitzer, followed by a pizza, beer, and BS session at Ledo's Pizza on River Rd.	All	Rick Koller
  DECEMBER 2017
  Dec. 2 (Sat.)	BRV Holiday Party	All	Mark Wray 703-675-9493
  (Dec. 17 -Jan 17.)	Florida creeks and rivers	PN	Ed Evangelidi
  Area Dam Release Schedules Stonycreek Bloomington (N. Branch Potomac) and Savage River Gauley Upper Yough Deerfield

  
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