Mark your calendars & plan on taking water samples at Lake Alvin, June 16, at 9:00 am.
Training will be provided, just bring a kayak or canoe. This will take about 2 hours.
Jeremy, from Dakota Water Watch, will take the samples we collect and analyze them, and report back on the condition of the water.
Email:
dfctx@msn.com, or call Dave, 366-6844 with questions, or to let us know you'll be there.
We are planning on grilling hot dogs…then about 12:30 we will go from Grandview to Klondike. Grandview is just east of Lake Alvin about 8 mile trip on the Sioux River approximately 2-2 1/2 hours. Anyone wishing to go is more than welcome. PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO ATTEND THANK YOU

Larry Braaten, mary and Dave Finck are planing a cruise from Klondike
to Highway 18 at 1:00 P M on Sunday June 10.   It is a nice cruise and
 the water is good we will shuttle first Hope to see you there.  If you have
 any questions you can call Dave at 605-366-6844

SATURDAY: PADDLING FAIR

Annual Paddling Fair Family Park, Sioux Falls 
Saturday, June 2 - 1 - 4pm

Our popular paddling fair returns again this year with new partners and a new location. The fair will be held at Family Park (12th & Tea/Ellis) on the western edge of Sioux Falls. This year, we've partnered with the Sioux Falls Parks & Recreation Department and Sun 'N Fun Specialty Sports. We encourage you to come out, bring your boat (if you have one) and try out someone else's. If you've ever wonder what it's like to paddle a sea kayak, canoe or stand-up paddle board, this is your time!

Larry Braaten and Mary and Dave Finck are planning a trip down Splitrock Creek
from Corson to Brandon we will meet at 1:00 PM on Saturday May 19 at McHardy Park
southeast of Brandon. Please do not remove your kayaks since we will be moving
once we decide on where we want to go for sure. Anyone wanting to join us are more than welcome. If you have any questions you may call Dave Finck at: 605-366-6844.

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April 28 & 29 - Niobrara River Early Season Paddle
Valentine, Neb
Camping available Friday and Saturday night at Smith Falls State Park in Valentine, Neb. Saturday paddle from Cornell Bridge to Smith Falls and Sunday paddle from Smith Falls to Rocky Ford (25 miles total distance).
For more info, contact Cory
Diedrich at 605-321-6554 or cory.diedrich@sanfordhealth.org

May 5 - Boy Scout Camp-O-Ree
Lake Lakota (Newton Hills/Canton) 8:30am-4:00pm
Members are encouraged to bring out their kayaks to assist with help introduce kayaking to young Scouts and their Adult leaders. We are expecting a sizable group so the more the
merrier. Lunch will be provided.

May 5 - Annual Missouri River Clean-up
Riverside Park, Yankton, SD
More info: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Missouri-River-Cleanup/154549804609415

May 8 - Big Sioux Water Festival
SDSU, Brookings
The Big Sioux Water Festival is a collaboration between East Dakota Water Development District, SDSU and the Brookings County Conservation District. The festival has been serving an
average of 1,000 4th graders every year since 1993. The goal of the festival is to provide a multi-topic, multi-disciplinary, one day water themed event where kids can apply their knowledge of water education they have learned in their classrooms.

SDCKA will have a booth during this event, showcasing recreational opportunities on the Big Sioux River. More info: http://www.bigsiouxwaterfestival.org/

May 16 - Adopt-A-Wetland Clean-up
Sioux Falls
SDCKA has formed a partnership with the City of Sioux Falls to adopt-a-wetland along the Big Sioux River within the city limits. On May 16, members will gather at the 26th (& I-229) at canoe launch area at 5:30pm to clean-up the wetlands area just to the north of the parking lot. We hope you can join us!

May 26-27 - South Dakota Kayak Challenge
Yankton to Sioux City
After being forced to cancel in 2011 due to high water, SDKC is back this year ready to challenge the most experience paddlers. Currently, 115 racers from all across the United States will converge on the Missouri River to take part in this challenge. SDCKA has helped out in years past by providing volunteers along the race route at various location.
Visit http://sdkayakchallenge.org/volunteer.htm for more volunteer information and email cory.diedrich@sanfordhealth.org to sign-up.

June 2 - Annual Paddling Fair
Family Park, Sioux Falls
Our popular paddling fair returns again this year with new partners and a new location. The
fair will be held at Family Park (12th & Tea/Ellis) on the western edge of Sioux Falls. This year,
we've partnered with the Sioux Falls Parks & Recreation Department and Sun 'N Fun Specialty Sports. We encourage you to come out, bring your boat and try out someone elses.
If you've ever wonder what it's like to paddle a sea kayak, canoe or stand-up paddle
board, this is your time!

June 16 - Water Sampling w/ Dakota Water Watch
Lake Alvin, Harrisburg
We will be working with Dakota Water Watch again for our annual 'snapshot in time' water sampling event. Meet at the boat ramp on the southwest corner of the lake at 9am.

57th to 26th on the BSR

Sol Brich, Mary and Dave Finck are planning a Cruise on Monday April 23 at 5:00 P M
from Farm Field Park (on 57^th street just west of Western Ave across from the Dairy Queen) to the take out on 26^th street. Sol and I will meet earlier around 4:15 P M and move our vehicles to 26^th street. We have trailers to bring the kayaks back to Farm Field Park at the end of the cruise. If we can get started earlier, we can get done before dark. The weather forecast is calling for sunny and 70 degrees. If you have any questions you can call Dave at 605-366-6844. You can come at either 4:00 P M if you want to shuttle first or 5:00 P M and we will get you back to 57th street, we will work it out either way.

Anyone wishing to join us is more than welcome.

Earth Day Paddle this Saturday at Flandreau

Join us between 9-10 a.m. Saturday, April 21 for the annual SDCKA Earth Day Paddle. We'll meet at the Powwow Grounds north of Flandreau and paddle the Big Sioux River down to the dam in town. Here's video of the finish line area. Don't worry, we'll stay well clear of that dam, folks:




This paddle is about 2-3 hours. High on Saturday is supposed to be about 55, with some south winds in the neighborhood of 10 mph. Pack a dry bag with spare clothes - better safe than sorry.

Some have talked of continuing past Flandreau to Egan's City Park. We can do that, we'd just need to allow time to shuttle those vehicles and we'll plan on deciding at the gathering in the Powwow grounds.

Call Jarett at 605-941-4940 for more information or email him to RSVP!