Notice and Assumption of Risk:
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. 26-27 (Sat.-Sun.)
  SEPTEMBER 2017
  Labor Day weekend Sept. 2-4 (Sat. - Mon.)	New River Rendezvous multi-club gathering Hico, WV	LI-A	Ken Dubel
  Sept. 9-10-(Sat.-Sun.)
  Sept. 16-17 (Sat.-Sun.
  Sept. 23-24 (Sat.-Sun.)
  TBA	BRV meeting	All	Rick Koller
  OCTOBER 2017
  Sept. 30 - Oct 1(Sat.- Sun.)	Savage Release Sept. 30
  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.)
  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		Courtney Caldwell
  Veterans Day Nov. 10-12 (Fri.)	Eastern Shore Car Camper	PN	Ed Evangelidi
  TBA	BRV meeting	All	Rick Koller
  DECEMBER 2017
  TBA	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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