Facts & Figures

A quick summary of Grand Canyon recreational river use statistics.
Grand Canyon National Park history - a timeline of key events

Colorado River Management Plan

National Park Service's Colorado River Management Plan website
Grand Canyon River Outfitters Association website

Links to Other Organizations

Grand Canyon National Park official website
Grand Canyon River Outfitters Association
Grand Canyon River Guides
Grand Canyon National Park's sixteen licensed concessioners:

Arizona Raft Adventures
Arizona River Runners
Canyon Expeditions
Canyon Explorations
Canyoneers
 Colorado River & Trail Expeditions
Diamond River Adventures
Grand Canyon Discovery
Grand Canyon Expeditions
Hatch River Expeditions
Moki Mac River Expeditions
O.A.R.S.
Outdoors Unlimited
Tour West
Western River Expeditions
Wilderness River Adventures

Newspaper Articles and Editorials

An 'A-ticket' ride, Editorial
The Arizona Republic, Opinions: Sunday, March 9, 2003


Raft rift, Editorial
The Arizona Republic, Opinions: Saturday, July 19, 2003

Motors, like private boaters, have place in Grand Canyon, Editorial
Arizona Daily Sun, Opinions: Sunday, July 20, 2003
Blood is thicker than white water, by Lisa Schnellinger
The Seattle Times, Travel: Sunday, April 25, 1999

Titanic Powers: Carving through the bedrock of user-issues on the Grand Canyon’s Colorado River, by Jean DuBail
River Explorer, Bozeman Montana, April/May 2000

Other Issue Related Articles
Grand Canyon Wilderness with Motors--Not a Contradiction, a Necessity, by T. Destry Jarvis former Assistant Director of the National Park Service
Wilderness, Motorized Rafts, and the Grand Canyon, by Mark Grisham of the Grand Canyon River Outfitters Association
Grand Canyon River Access and the Recreational Use Allocation, by Mark Grisham of the Grand Canyon River Outfitters Association
National Park Service Legal Mandates, by Jonathan Simon is an attorney with Van Ness Feldman, PC in Washington, D.C.

National Park Service Studies
1998 Colorado River Boater Study, by Troy Hall of the Virginia Tech, Department of Forestry and Bo Shelby of Oregon State University, Department of Forest Resources
Table of Contents
Findings
Chapter 1, 2, 3, 4a, 4b, 5, and 6
2003 Grand Canyon National Park Commercial River Visitor Study, by Bob Powell of Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies
Executive Summary
 Appendix 1: Open Ended Questions - 1, 2, 3, and 4