I moved to Jackson Hole in 1990 and live north of Wilson with my wife Tamsen and our kids Noah, Nate & Neve. In 1995 I founded Rendezvous River Sports and as an instructor and coach, I have introduced thousands of people of all ages to paddle sports including founding the Jackson Hole Kayak Club to promote youth kayaking for local kids. Over the past three decades, I’ve been and continue to be involved with many whitewater expeditions, exploratory descents, and kayaking competitions including descents in Wyoming, British Columbia, Chile, Argentina & Siberia, and numerous podiums at kayaking races.
In addition to my activities on the water, I have worked tirelessly for river stewardship as a board member of American Whitewater, a founding board member of the Snake River Fund, helping lead the Wild & Scenic Campaign for the Snake River Headwaters, leading the effort to create a river management plan for Teton County, and the creation of Rendezvous Park on the Snake River.
I am on the river almost daily and the changes I’ve noticed with algae blooms and general water quality are troubling. This led me to my connection with Protect Our Water JH and I am honored to serve on the board. As we move forward, I hope we can reduce nutrient loading in the Snake River and its tributaries, clean up Fish and Flat Creeks, and develop and implement a wastewater plan for Teton County. We also need to do more to reuse the water we have and to develop systems for reusing greywater for irrigation and snowmaking.