Find information on the Skunk River Paddlers and lots of good links  about paddle sport opportunities in the Mid-West from Greg Vitale and Rick Dietz.

Safed dams.   Information of tapered dams with rock rapids for white water, safe passage for paddlers, and fish migration.

Central Iowa Paddlers  2007: Interactive calendar, newsletter, hot links, registration, club activities

The Iowa Water Trail Association had some success with water trail development.

The Iowa WhiteWater Coalition is working to establish quality recreation areas in several cities

Project AWARE.  Spent a week enjoying the river and cleaning it up, June 19-26 from Humboldt to Des Moines on the Des Moines River.

The DNR's old Canoe Guide pages (pdf) online.

Steve Weliver and the Prairie River Paddlers are making waves in Cedar Rapids

Central Iowa Paddlers March 2001 newsletter (oldie but goodie)

Canoe Van Buren site and registration form.

Link to Iowa's County Conservation Boards for facilities and outings

Iowa Boat Launching Directory from the DNR, Wallace State Office Building, Des Moines, Ia. 50319. 

Iowa Fishing Atlas, Volume II: Rivers & Streams, from The Fishing Atlas Co., P.O.  Box 40, Crystal Lake, Ia. 50432. 

Iowa Atlas and Gazeteer, from Delorme Publishing.

Paddling Iowa by Nate Hoogeveen