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2024 Gathering of the Paddlers: Wrapping Up Another Great Year!

November 10, 2024

IPC members had a great time at our Annual Gathering of the Paddlers this year in Yorkville, home of the Marge Cline Whitewater Course. Some of us took this opportunity to paddle the whitewater course before the meeting. The course…

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IPC Welcomes Anthea Halpryn to our Board of Directors

November 10, 2024

IPC Welcomes Anthea Halpryn to our Board of Directors IPC welcomes our newest Board Member: Anthea Halpryn. One of our speakers at this year’s Gathering of the Paddlers in Yorkville, Anthea is an avid solo kayak paddler, a Level 2…

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IPC: Making Illinois Rivers Legally Accessible to Paddlers

November 10, 2024

Again this year, the paddler’s advocacy community will be working with the Illinois legislature to pass legislation correcting the Illinois Department of Natural Resources’ erroneous interpretation of water law. This interpretation designates 98% of Illinois’s waterways as the private property…

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