National Rivers: Help NORS Grow, for canoeing, kayaking, rafting, paddling, whitewater, fly-fishing, river conservation, river access, river rights, and river navigability law.

How You Can Help NORS Grow

What NORS needs to acccomplish its mission:

Help NORS and the U.S. River Conservation Team!

Computer equipment. (Donated or for a nominal fee. NORS pays shipping.) Recent computers, to allow for better updating of this web site, and better handling of the River Law Project.
Software for better utilization of the river law information, such as making the cases searchable, and adding and checking additional cases.
Software for the NORS Resource Center, for keeping better track of river books and videos, and filling member orders.

NORS need volunteer river enthusiasts for the following projects:

State river law project leader: Here is what you do: Gather information about state river law for your state (or another state of your choice.) Compose a series of questions about river conservation, access, and recreation rights in your state. Group together the legal cases and other information that helps answer each question. Locate an attorney and a paralegal to work with you to finalize professional answers to the questions. Coordinate with NORS headquarters to get the final version printed and distributed, and published on this website.
Webmaster: Once a week, check the new postings from people to the state information in the River Rendezvous section of this website, for your state or a neighboring state of your choice. Edit and integrate the information into the River Regsistry to create a current report of river acitivities and issues in your state. In this way you will help build a network of people in your state who will be able to defend public ownership of rivers against the current onslaught of proposals to privatize rivers in many states. For more information, go to the River Registry then pick a state and go to the Webmaster section of that state.
Grant writer: Write grant requests to certain foundations and outdoor equipment manufacturer associations, requesting grants for river conservation and access projects. Also to the U.S. Coast Guard for river safety and skills education projects.

To respond to any of the above, or get further information, just write:

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NORS was founded in 1978.

The National Organization for Rivers (NORS)
212 West Cheyenne Mountain Blvd.
Colorado Springs, CO 80906
(719) 579-8759. Fax: (719) 576-6238.
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