Whois & Analysis for americanwhitewater.org

American Whitewater is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 membership organization with the declared mission "to conserve and restore America's whitewater resources and to enhance opportunities to enjoy them safely." The organization can broadly be classified as an advocacy group that engages in a variety of tactics to ensure rivers are accessible to those who wish to use them.

This includes working on lobbying efforts at local and national levels as well as maintaining and publishing information about river conservation, statistics on river use, accident reports, and river sports safety.

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S) or America, is a constitutional federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

Ecology (from, "house", or "environment"; -λογία, "study of") is the scientific analysis and study of interactions among organisms and their environment.

It is an interdisciplinary field that includes biology, geography, and Earth science.

Ecology includes the study of interactions that organisms have with each other, other organisms, and with abiotic components of their environment.

Topics of interest to ecologists include the diversity, distribution, amount (biomass), and number (population) of particular organisms, as well as cooperation and competition between organisms, both within and among ecosystems.

Ecosystems are composed of dynamically interacting parts including organisms, the communities they make up, and the non-living components of their environment.

Ecosystem processes, such as primary production, pedogenesis, nutrient cycling, and various niche construction activities, regulate the flux of energy and matter through an environment.

These processes are sustained by organisms with specific life history traits, and the variety of organisms is called biodiversity.

Biodiversity, which refers to the varieties of species, genes, and ecosystems, enhances certain ecosystem services.

A whitewater river is classified based on its chemistry, sediments and water colour.

Whitewater rivers have high levels of suspended sediments, giving the water a pH that is near-neutral, a high electric conductivity and a pale muddy, café au lait-like colour.

Whitewater rivers are of great ecological importance, important to local fisheries and the major seasonal Amazonian floodplains known as várzea receive their water from them.

Recreation is an activity of leisure, leisure being discretionary time.

The "need to do something for recreation" is an essential element of human biology and psychology.

Recreational activities are often done for enjoyment, amusement, or pleasure and are considered to be "fun".