Jan 28: SD Canoe & Kayak Association Conference

The SD Canoe & Kayak Association will be hosting their annual conference on Saturday, January 28, 2012 at The Outdoor Campus in Sioux Falls from noon to 4pm.

The conference will include presentations on waterways, safety, conservation along with booths featuring various vendors. There will also be a short business meeting to elect new board members for 2012. Contact Steven at dahlmeis@hotmail.com if you're interested in joining the board.

Schedule of presentations will be posted by January 15.

We hope you can join us!

Saturday, Nov 5th Cruise

On Saturday November 5th at 1:00 PM Larry Braaten is leading a cruise from Newton Hills to Fairview. This is a little over 5 miles and will meet
at the boat ramp across from the Newton Hills horse camp. Shuttle first.

If you have any questions you can call Larry at 605-764-5654. Hope to see you there.

Oct 1-2 Cruise

This year the South Dakota Canoe & Kayak Association is celebrating it's 30th Anniversary. With every milestone comes a celebration.

On October 1-2, we will be hosting a two-part cruise. We'd love to have you join us on some or all of it!

Saturday, October 1:

2:00pm - Meet at Lien Park (North Cliff) in Sioux Falls. We'll shuttle cars to Big Sioux Recreation (Brandon).

2:45pm - Lien Park to Big Sioux Recreation (approx 11 miles)

7:00pm - SDCKA Cook-out at Big Sioux Rec Picnic Shelter

Please get your camping reservations as soon as possible. They fill-up fast on the weekends.
http://gfp.sd.gov/state-parks/directory/big-sioux/


Sunday, October 2:

8:00am - Shuttle cars to the Lake Alvin access

8:45am - Big Sioux Rec to Lake Alvin access (approx 12.5 miles)

This will be a great event to get together with your paddling friends and meet new ones!

Please give me a call if you have any questions.

Steven Dahlmeier

President

South Dakota Canoe & Kayak Association

605-864-9011

BSR Clean-up

A HUGE thank you to all the volunteers who came out tonight (Aug 17, 2011) to help clean the river. We made a small dent in a dirty river - but we call can all be proud of what was accomplished. A TV, kiddy pool, shoes, inner tubes and way too many grocery bags - will no longer be spending their days hanging along the banks of the Big Sioux. THANKS AGAIN!

Annual Big Sioux River Clean-up

As the waters begin to recede on Big Sioux River through Sioux Falls, it makes way to piles of garbage that have washed down and collected along the banks and in trees. We have to take it among ourselves to get the river back to the way we all enjoy it most - clean!

As part of our yearly push to keep the rivers clean, we'll be hosting a clean-up cruise on Wed Aug 17 at 5:30pm.

Please meet at Farm Field Park (57th & Western).

Canoes & kayaks are welcome. Please bring along gloves and bug spray. Milk crates also work great for temp storage on your hull.

We will work our way downstream and collect trash along the banks. A few of the canoes will act as barges to haul the trash downstream.

This year we are partnering with Millennium Recycling to recycle as much trash as possible this year.

Post a comment with any questions.

July 23-24 Paddles

Saturday July 23 2:00 P.M.

Lake Lakota Paddle

Lake Lakota is located southeast of Newton Hills State Park. Newton Hills is south of Canton.

Sunday July 24 1:00 P.M.

Meet at Legacy Park for a Skunk Creek / Big Sioux River paddle to E. 26th street

If you have any questions you may call Dave Finck at 605-366-6844.

June 19: Father's Day Skunk Creek/ BSR Cruise

What: Father's Day Skunk Creek / Big Sioux River Cruise

When: June 19 @ 1pm

Where: Meet at Legacy Park (12th & Sertoma)

Dave and Mary Finck and Larry Braaten are planning a run from Legacy park to east 26th street we will meet at Legacy Park on west 12th at 1:00 P M on Sunday afternoon June 19 and shuttle vehicles to east 26th steet this is 4-4 1/2 hour trip hope to see you there. If you have any questions you can call Dave at 605-366-6844.