American Packrafting Association is committed to working with land managers, landowners, packrafters, and packraft-related businesses to increase opportunities for safe and low-impact packrafting nationwide.
APA has invested in the quality of its risk management practices by participating in a Risk Management Training offered by NOLS, an organization with over 50 years of experience managing risk in wilderness environments. As a result of this training, while NOLS doesn’t endorse or certify our practices, APA is developing its risk management strategy. We have invested time and resources in these practices because the health and well being of participants during our events and outings is one of our highest priorities.
Packrafting Canyonlands National Park – What You Need to Know Canyonlands National Park is one of the wildest national parks in the Lower 48. In recent years popularity of packrafting in the park has soared, and with good reason. It is a landscape so vast that it might seem immune to human impact, with terrain […]
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March 22, 2020 Dear APA members and friends, By now, all of us have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic — in our daily lives, through our family and friends, or by the announcements and news reports coming from around the world. This is the time of year when many of us look forward to […]
Read MoreJoin us to create and participate in our ever-changing annual packrafter meet-ups.
Read MoreJoin us to create and participate in our ever-changing annual packrafter meet-ups.
Read MorePebble Mine threatens Alaska’s Bristol Bay
Read MoreAPA Outings provide opportunities for members to explore threatened landscapes with other knowledgeable and interested packrafters. In some cases, APA may produce media about our adventures to call attention to regional conservation issues.
Read MoreAre you planning a trip to the Arctic Refuge? Would you like to take a custom packraft with you and make it a part of your journey?
Read MoreWe are focusing our work in 2018 on packrafter education in four areas: Leave No Trace principles, trip planning and swiftwater safety, member advocacy on wildlands conservation, and aquatic invasive species.
Read MoreA growing list of web resources related to industrialized oil and gas development in your Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.
Read MoreThe Arctic National Wildlife Refuge—one of the world’s most wild landscapes and birthplace of American packrafting—is once again under attack by politians and industry…
Read MoreJoin APA and the Gila River conservation community to ensure that New Mexico’s last free-flowing river in America’s first designated Wilderness is never dammed or diverted…
Read MoreWe are working to ensure that Glacier National Park remains a place that packrafters can experience wild rivers in a quiet and pristine environment.
Read MoreWe are working with the US Forest Service and local stakeholders to protect the riparian environment of Fossil Creek, Arizona, while preserving opportunities for packrafting on this unique watercourse.
Read MoreWe are working with local paddlers and NPS river managers to update river regulations to accommodate packrafting.
Read MoreWe worked with Park administration, ranger staff, and other regional stakeholders on the Park’s Backcountry Management Plan, which includes increased packrafting opportunities while protecting the river environment and the experience of other river users.
Read MoreWe will continuously work with Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks, Federal legislators, and other regional stakeholders to ensure that appropriate packrafting opportunities are preserved in those Parks.
Read MoreWe actively worked with other stakeholders to build support for the Department of Interior’s Stream Protection Rule, which established stringent water standards for coal mining operations nationwide.
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