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"Ely outfitters make too-good-to-be-true electric motor paddle" (Minnesota) "Northern Minnesota canoeists with a lazy streak will soon be able to cruise around lakes with ease and style. A group of Ely outfitters made the amazing announcement that they are selling an electric, motorized canoe paddle available for use in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Due to its innovative design, the paddle dodges the bans on motorized watercraft in the area..." Complete story: Star Tribune "New Precinct 4 park will serve as anchor for Cypress Creek Greenway" (Houston, TX) "Northwest Harris County families will soon be able to enjoy nature at the new Precinct 4 park, Kickerillo-Mischer Preserve. The two-phase, $3.4 million project which spans 80 acres and features the 40-acre Marshall Lake with a 1.7 mile paved trail that circles the water, will be celebrated in a grand opening on Saturday, April 1 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will provide community members the opportunity for visitors to explore the lake by canoe..." Complete story: Chron.com "Kayaker Runs For Congress In Amazing Campaign Video" (Montana) "Montana is having a special election this spring for the U.S. House of Representatives, and Dan West, a former teacher of World Class Kayak Academy is seeking a nomination. In the above video, West arrives at the river already outfitted in his dry top and spray skirt, and explains his agenda and goals as he walks to the river put in on a snowy day. West explains his vision using several river terms before seal launching into the water..." Complete story: Rapid Media "Expedition Icon: Verlen Kruger" (Canada) "Verlen Kruger canoed the full length of the Mississippi River several times over his 82 years. For most people, just one trip would provide bragging rights to last a lifetime. Kruger wasn’t most people. With expeditions crisscrossing the entire Western Hemisphere, Kruger paddled more than 100,000 miles. That’s more than 42 runs of the Mississippi River, or four trips around the equator. Take your pick... At 41 years old, he started canoeing. He spent the next 41 years making up for lost time..." Complete story: Canoe Roots "Chris Bertish Completes TransAtlantic SUP Crossing!" (Antigua) "On March 9, South African Chris Bertish became the first man to successfully standup paddle across the Atlantic Ocean. In fittingly windy and rough conditions, Bertish stroked into Antigu to complete a historic crossing that has covered an unbelievable 4050 miles. The milestone marks the triumphant close to the final chapter of a journey that began in Agadir, Morocco..." Complete story: SUPthemag.com Canoe crashes through woman's bedroom during wind storm" (Canada) "A Newfoundland and Labrador woman is lucky to be alive after hurricane-force winds picked up a canoe from a neighbour’s yard and slammed it into the side of her house hard enough to break through the wall. The boat crashed through the woman’s bedroom, smashing to pieces the headboard on the bed where she was resting..." Complete story: CTV News "New Zealand's Whanganui River gets the legal rights of a person" "The Whanganui River has gained its own legal identity with all the corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of a legal person after a 170-year battle. Te Awa Tupua (Whanganui River Claims Settlement) Bill, which passed its third reading in Parliament on Wednesday, will establish a new legal framework for the river. It recognised the 145-kilometre long river - the third-longest in New Zealand - as an indivisible and living whole from the mountains to the sea..." Complete story: Sydney Morning Herald "Cullinan Park development donations top $1 million" (Sugar Land, TX) "Sugar Land City Council recently approved a contribution of more than $573,700 from the Cullinan Park Conservancy. The contribution builds on $500,000 provided from the Conservancy last year for the future development of Cullinan Park - 754 acres of mostly inaccessible forest and wetlands north of Sugar Land Regional Airport. Future planned improvements include trails and boardwalks that allow greater access to existing lakes and wetlands areas, as well as locations for canoe and kayak launches into Oyster Creek..." Complete story: Chron.com "Part of the San Antonio River Walk is now an official Texas Paddling Trail" (San Antonio, TX) "An 8-mile stretch along the San Antonio River Walk has been designated an official state paddling trail, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department announced Thursday. The San Antonio River Walk: Mission Reach Paddling Trail features stops at the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park and four UNESCO World Heritage Sites during the 3-to-5-hour trip, a news release states. The historical trail joins 71 other official paddling sites across the state, according to the news release..." Complete story: Chron.com "Great white shark circles Hawaii fisherman's kayak for over an hour" (Hawaii) "A Hawaiian man was fishing on his kayak off the coast of Maui, when he was approached by a much larger fish than he was expecting. It turned out to be a great white shark. Leo Pagaduan was forced to stay put March 11 as the shark circled his kayak for over an hour. "The first time I saw, I was scared," Pagaduan told Hawaii News Now. "Because this was not a tiger shark. It's a great white." The fisherman used his GoPro camera to capture the close encounter on video..." Complete story: Chron.com
"Northern Minnesota canoeists with a lazy streak will soon be able to cruise around lakes with ease and style. A group of Ely outfitters made the amazing announcement that they are selling an electric, motorized canoe paddle available for use in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Due to its innovative design, the paddle dodges the bans on motorized watercraft in the area..."
"Northwest Harris County families will soon be able to enjoy nature at the new Precinct 4 park, Kickerillo-Mischer Preserve. The two-phase, $3.4 million project which spans 80 acres and features the 40-acre Marshall Lake with a 1.7 mile paved trail that circles the water, will be celebrated in a grand opening on Saturday, April 1 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will provide community members the opportunity for visitors to explore the lake by canoe..."
"Montana is having a special election this spring for the U.S. House of Representatives, and Dan West, a former teacher of World Class Kayak Academy is seeking a nomination. In the above video, West arrives at the river already outfitted in his dry top and spray skirt, and explains his agenda and goals as he walks to the river put in on a snowy day. West explains his vision using several river terms before seal launching into the water..."
"Verlen Kruger canoed the full length of the Mississippi River several times over his 82 years. For most people, just one trip would provide bragging rights to last a lifetime. Kruger wasn’t most people. With expeditions crisscrossing the entire Western Hemisphere, Kruger paddled more than 100,000 miles. That’s more than 42 runs of the Mississippi River, or four trips around the equator. Take your pick... At 41 years old, he started canoeing. He spent the next 41 years making up for lost time..."
"On March 9, South African Chris Bertish became the first man to successfully standup paddle across the Atlantic Ocean. In fittingly windy and rough conditions, Bertish stroked into Antigu to complete a historic crossing that has covered an unbelievable 4050 miles. The milestone marks the triumphant close to the final chapter of a journey that began in Agadir, Morocco..."
"A Newfoundland and Labrador woman is lucky to be alive after hurricane-force winds picked up a canoe from a neighbour’s yard and slammed it into the side of her house hard enough to break through the wall. The boat crashed through the woman’s bedroom, smashing to pieces the headboard on the bed where she was resting..."
"The Whanganui River has gained its own legal identity with all the corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of a legal person after a 170-year battle. Te Awa Tupua (Whanganui River Claims Settlement) Bill, which passed its third reading in Parliament on Wednesday, will establish a new legal framework for the river. It recognised the 145-kilometre long river - the third-longest in New Zealand - as an indivisible and living whole from the mountains to the sea..."
"Sugar Land City Council recently approved a contribution of more than $573,700 from the Cullinan Park Conservancy. The contribution builds on $500,000 provided from the Conservancy last year for the future development of Cullinan Park - 754 acres of mostly inaccessible forest and wetlands north of Sugar Land Regional Airport. Future planned improvements include trails and boardwalks that allow greater access to existing lakes and wetlands areas, as well as locations for canoe and kayak launches into Oyster Creek..."
"An 8-mile stretch along the San Antonio River Walk has been designated an official state paddling trail, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department announced Thursday. The San Antonio River Walk: Mission Reach Paddling Trail features stops at the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park and four UNESCO World Heritage Sites during the 3-to-5-hour trip, a news release states. The historical trail joins 71 other official paddling sites across the state, according to the news release..."
"A Hawaiian man was fishing on his kayak off the coast of Maui, when he was approached by a much larger fish than he was expecting. It turned out to be a great white shark. Leo Pagaduan was forced to stay put March 11 as the shark circled his kayak for over an hour. "The first time I saw, I was scared," Pagaduan told Hawaii News Now. "Because this was not a tiger shark. It's a great white." The fisherman used his GoPro camera to capture the close encounter on video..."