The New School Guide to Northern California Whitewater


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A whitewater guidebook to the Six Rivers Region of Northern California. From majestic redwood floats to tumultuous whitewater streams the New School Guidebook is designed to help people of all skill levels enjoy the fantastic rivers of this beautiful area.







Whitewater Philosophy


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Twenty-five essays by world class kayaker Doug Ammons discuss what we learn from whitewater when we enter the world of adventure. As stated in the Preface, ¿the adventure sports allow us to take part in the very forces that sculpted the world around us,¿ and they form the modern Dao. The essays discuss risk, where fear comes from and how it can be overcome, beginner¿s mind, openness to experience, the real measure of skill, being alone, martial arts concepts applicable to kayaking, confronting limits and knowing ourselves.Ammons has a PhD in psychology and 35 years as a world class whitewater kayaker. He was named in 2010 by Outside Magazine as "one of the top ten game changers in adventure since 1900" for his extreme descents. The book was named by the Wall Street Journal in 2010 as ¿One of the top six adventure books.¿













Water Resources Data for California


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Kaweah River Basin Project, California


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A Proposed Streamflow Data Program for California


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An evaluation of the streamflow data available in California was made to provide guidelines for planning future programs. The basic steps in the evaluation procedure were (1) definition of the long-term goals of the streamflow data program in quantitative form, (2) examination and analysis of all available data to determine which goals have already been met, and (3) consideration of alternative programs and techniques to meet the remaining objectives. It was found that knowledge to streamflow characteristics could not be satisfactorily extended by regionalizing the data from gaged basins by means of regression analysis. This fact indicates that the present data program must continue to place emphasis on attaining the goals that have not been met. A streamflow data program based on the guidelines developed in this study is proposed for the future.