Forbidden Waters

Author

Will Freihofer, The University of Montana

Year of Award

2013

Document Type

Professional Paper

Degree Type

Master of Arts (MA)

Degree Name

Environmental Science and Natural Resource Journalism

Department or School/College

School of Journalism

Committee Chair

Lee Banville

Commitee Members

Jeremy Lurgio, Bill Borrie

Keywords

Boating Ban, Whitewater Kayaking, Yellowstone National Park, Yellowstone River

Publisher

University of Montana

Abstract

Since 1950 Yellowstone National Park has stood as the largest river system with a complete ban on boating in the world. Despite the prohibition, generations of kayakers have been unable to resist the world-class whitewater of the Black Canyon of the Yellowstone River, and today advocates on both sides of the issue press the Park Service to determine if visitors will ever legally wet a paddle on the thousands of miles of rivers and streams in the first National Park.

Recommended Citation

Freihofer, Will, "Forbidden Waters" (2013). Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers. 459.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/etd/459