Welcome to Bowlines!

Bowlines is the Bluegrass Wildwater Association’s decades long running member newsletter produced by lifetime member Don Spangler! Below you’ll find recent issues and links to archived editions of Bowlines from years prior.

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Bowlines archive below!

  • Bowlines March/April 2023

    Bowlines March/April 2023

    The National Paddling Film Festival 2023 Report
    2023 Festival Winning Entries
    Photo Essay of the NPFF
    Looking Back on the Film Festival
    Remembering Friends who were Important to Us and the NPFF
    The Nealy We Didn’t Know

  • Bowlines Jan/Feb 2023

    The National Paddling Film Festival 2023

    The NPFF: After all these years, what has it all been about? Why is it still in existence? Paddling Film Festival 1984

    On the Film Festival........ Some Changes

  • Bowlines Oct/Sep/Nov/Dec 2022

    In This Issue:

    A Look back of the History of the BWA & the BSF

    How it Became the BSF National River & Recreation Area

    Draft E.I.S. for the Big South Fork

    Big South Fork in the Road: A Need For Your Opinion Comments on the Big South Fork Management Plan

    Clear Fork (Big South Fork Of The Cumberland)

    Two Memories Of Running the BSF in 1976 At High Water

    Old Burnt Mill Bridge washed out in 2021

    A Modest Proposal

  • Bowlines May/Jun 2022

    Bowlines May/Jun 2022

    In this Issue:

    BWA 2022 Beginers Clinic So What is Next?

    Why Be an Active Member of the BWA?

    Passing On The Tradition

    Nearby Places to go Whitewater Boating

    When did I get Good Enough to Run Class III's

    Who Owns the Rivers In Kentucky

    Reflections from a new member

    Editor's Eddy: River Etiquette

    Boat Building, What is that All About

    The Elkhorn Trash Bash in on the Road this June 25

  • Bowlines Mar/Apr 2022

    In this issue:

    The BWA Beginners Clinic 2022

    Looking Ahead

    Responsibility

    River Safety & Rescue in the BWA

    Safety Code of American Whitewater

    Natural Progression of a Boater

    Basic Rescue Equipment

    Compressions-Only CPR & Water Don’t Mix

    The BWA Clinic

    Something to be Proud of

    River Safety - You are the Machine

  • Bowlines Jan/Feb 2022

    Bowlines Jan/Feb 2022

    In this Issue:

    NPFF 2022: Winners & Event Report

    NPFF Photo Essay

    The Not NPFF Race & Jess Cup

    American Whitewater Journal Article on Success of the First NPFF

    First Look at Soon to be Newly Available On-line Archival Bowlines issues 1991-1995


Bowlines Archive