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Newsletter Archive

Poudre Paddlers no longer creates a newsletter, but we have saved many old newsletters which contain a wealth of information about different rivers. Newsletter Archive

Books and DVDs

This library contains books related to canoeing and kayaking.
To check out books, email the librarian, currently roger@rff.com.
We appreciate donated books. If you are familiar with one of the books, please write a short review and email it to the librarian.

Environmental

Cadillac Desert, by Marc Reisner

Citizen's Guide to Colorado Water Law, 4th Edition

Colorado Water Law for Non-Lawyers

Deadbeat Dams, by Daniel P. Beard

Dead Pool, by James Lawrence Powell

Public Rights on Rivers in Colorado, by The National Organization for Rivers


Epic Journeys

All Things are Possible. The Verlen Kruger Story: 100,000 Miles by Paddle

Broke Hungry & Happy:The Life of Extreme Kayaker, Dave Norell

Courting the Diamond Sow

Down the Great Unknown

The Lonely Land

On Celtic Tides

Paddle 'Til Dark, A Yukon River Journey

Paddle to the Sea

The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

Solitudes, Loon Country by Canoe (VHS tape)

Sunk Without a Sound: The Tragic Colorado River Honeymoon of Glen and Bessie Hyde

Taking the Old Highway: A Canoe Journey from Fort Collins to New Orleans

Waterwalker (DVD)

Yukon Passage, Brave the wild northland, a world of brutal majesty (DVD)

Instructional

​Basic Canoeing

The Basic Essentials of Canoeing

The Basic Essentials of Canoe Poling

Basic River Canoeing, Complete Instructional Guide to Whitewater Canoeing (2 Copies)

Boat Builders Manual

Canoe Handbook, Techniques for mastering the sport of canoeing

Canoeing

Canoeing and Kayaking for Persons with Physical Disabilities

Canoeing and Kayaking Instruction Manual

Canoeing Wild Rivers

Canoeist's Q&A

Catch every eddy... Surf every wave

The Complete Wilderness Paddler

Drill Time!, Solo Playboating II (DVD) by Kent Ford

Elegant Paddling (DVD) with Mike Galt, 1988.
Donated by Bill Whitaker.

Expedition Canoeing, by Cliff Jacobson

Freestyle Canoeing, Contemporary Paddling Technique

Interpretive Freestyle Canoe Exhibition 1997.
(No picture for this one, on VHS tapes) by the ACA Freestyle Committee.
Donated by Bill Whitaker.

Introduction to Canoeing, Everything You Need to Start Canoeing Today (DVD)

Introduction to Paddling, Canoeing Basics for Lakes and Rivers

Kayak, The Animated Manual of Intermediate and Advanced Whitewater Technique by William Nealy

The Kayak Roll, Learn, Tune, Teach the Kayak Roll! by Performance Video, (Kent Fort and others)

Kayak and Canoe Games, by Laurie Gullion. This is an American Canoe Association book.

Knots for Paddlers by Charlie Walbridge

The New Wilderness Canoeing and Camping by Cliff Jacobson

Open Canoe Roll (This is only on VHS tape and can't be copied to DVD for some reason) by Bob Foote
Donated by Bill Whitaker.

Path of the Paddle, An Illustrated Guide to the Art of Canoeing by Bill Mason. (Available as a book or DVD)

Performance Kayaking by Stephen B. U'Ren

QuickStart Your Canoe! (DVD) by the American Canoe Association

1989 Savage Worlds, C-1 Lugbill/Hearn (DVD) (No Picture of this one)

Solo Canoeing by John H. Foshee

Solo Playboating! Dynamic Whitewater Instruction for Solo Open Canoe Paddlers (DVD) by Kent Ford

Solo Playboating, the Workbook by Kent Ford. This wookbook goes with the DVD listed above.

White-water Sport, Running Rapids in Kayak and Canoe by Peter Dwight Whitney,1960

Wildwater, The Sierra Club Guide to Kayaking and Whitewater Boating,1978

You, Too, Can Canoe by John Foshee, 1977
 
Guide Books

Colorado

River Runner's Guide to Brown's Canyon, Arkansas River, Buena Vista to Salida, Colorado, by Thomas G. Rampton
Dinosaur National Monument, by Duwain Whitis and Barbara Vinson
Dinosaur River Guide, by Belknap
 
Florida 

A Canoeing and Kayaking Guide to the Streams of Florida, Volume 1, North Central Peninsula and Panhandle
West Florida Canoe Trail Guide by John O. deLorge
 
North and South Carolina 

Carolina Whitewater, A Canoeist's Guide to the Western Carolinas by Bob Benner
Nantahala River (Great American Rivers Flip Map Series) by Ron Rathnow
 
Illinois 

Illinois Canoeing Guide by the Illinois Department of Conservation
 
Minnesota

A Boundary Waters Fishing Guide, by Michael Furtman
 
Missouri

Missouri Ozark Waterways by the Missouri Conservation Department
 
Montana

Montana's Wild & Scenic Upper Missouri River, by Glenn Monahan
 
New Mexico

New Mexico Whitewater, A Guide to River Trips by The New Mexico State Park Division
 
Texas

The Lower Canyons of the Rio Grande by Louis F. Aulbach and Joe Butler

Texas Rivers and Rapids, Canoe and Backpack Guidebook, Volume VI, 1983, by Ben M. Nolan

Texas Whitewater by Steve Daniel
 
Utah

Boater's Guide to Lake Powell by Michael R. Kelsey
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Desolation and Gray Canyons River Guide by Thomas G. Rampton

Desolation River Guide by Buzz Belknap

Dinosaur National Monument, by Duwain Whitis and Barbara Vinson

Dinosaur River Guide, by Belknap

San Juan River Guide by Lisa Kearsley
 
West Virginia

Canoeing White Water River Guide by Randy Carter
 
Wisconsin 

Whitewater; Quietwater, The Wild Rivers of Wisconsin, Upper Michigan, and NE Minnesota by Bob and Jody Palzer
 
Wyoming

Paddle and Portage, The Floater's Guide to Wyoming Rivers by Dan Lewis
 
 
Safety

The Best of the River Safety Task Force Newsletter ,Edited by Charles Walbridge, Chairman Safety Committee, American Canoe Association

Canoeing Safety and Rescue, A Handbook of Safety & Rescue Procedures for Lake and River Canoeists by Doug McKown

Cold, Wet, and Alive (DVD) by the American Canoe Association

Heads Up! River Rescue for River Runners (DVD) by Russ and Alison Nichols, American Canoe Association

River Rescue by Les Bechdel and Slim Ray,1989

River Safety Anthology, Accounts of Rescue and Tragedy On North American Rivers by Charlie Walbridge and Jody Tinsley

River Safety Report, 1982-1985, 1986-1988, 1989-1991 1992-1995 and 1996-1999 by Charlie Walbridge

River Signals by William McGinnis

Swiftwater Rescue Technician I by Jim Segerstrom, Mike Croslin, and Barry Edwards

Whitewater Rescue Manual by Charles Walbridge and Wayne A. Sundmacher Sr.

Whitewater Self Defense (DVD) by Kent Ford and others


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