In an extremely challenging year, RMS worked together with members and partners to deliver even higher quality resources, guidance, and opportunities for collaboration nationwide. Despite COVID, surging numbers of new river users, river closures, and new and changing protocols, our network of river managers proved itself even more essential.
Helen Clough receives Jackie Diedrich Wild and Scenic Rivers Leadership Award
The River Management Society (RMS) is thrilled to congratulate our incredible RMS Secretary Helen Clough on reception of the Jackie Diedrich Wild and Scenic Rivers (WSR) Leadership Award from the Interagency Wild and Scenic Rivers Coordinating Council (IWSRCC) on December 17, 2020.
RSLC Students: Register for mock interviews by Feb. 15
The RMS River Training Center has coordinated a mock interview opportunity for River Studies and Leadership Certificate students to build interviewing skills and confidence as they prepare to enter the workforce and (hopefully!) land their dream jobs! To participate, students should request the online application form from their advisors and submit the form by January 15.
New report highlights 269 good, bad and unusual examples
Confluence Research and Consulting has released a report highlighting examples of 269 boat launches from a wide range of locations, geographic settings, amounts and kinds of use, and types of facilities. “The Good, the Bad and the Unusual: What Makes a Boating Access Work (or Not)?” is the first of its kind and the first iteration of a national river access database.
RMS is here for you and your river. Now we are asking you, if you are able, to support RMS during this giving season.
In a year filled with uncertainty, the River Management Society was your rock! When the COVID-19 pandemic closed rivers and put outfitters' businesses at risk, RMS was the only organization providing a nationwide conversation about how to manage safely through the closures, then safely reopen river accesses and facilities safely.