ALL ABOUT RIVER GUIDES
Members of
Grand Canyon River Guides will gather in Fredonia, Ariz., Oct.
28-29, to share music, food and perspectives on their trade and the
future of the Grand Canyon. Their publication, boatman’s quarterly
review, chronicles the feisty group’s concerns, including
opposition to the Park Service’s proposed requirement that guides
wear plastic gloves and hairnets while serving meals during boat
trips. A perennial issue is the fight for more river-sensitive
management of Glen Canyon Dam. Guide Shane Murphy says it’s “no
fair standing around camp doing nothing. Talk. Phone. Write. Think
about carrying the fire.” To find out more about the 48-page
boatman’s quarterly review, contact Grand Canyon River Guides at
Box 1934, Flagstaff, AZ 86002
(520/773-1075).
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline All about river guides.
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