Airboat brothers traverse Kansas River amid dredging clash
Mike and Matt Cain, brothers from Lawrence and Eudora, pilot a $12,000 airboat along the Kansas River from DeSoto to Lawrence, recounting river life, erosion, and a controversial bid to curb dredging. They warn the river can kill, defend airboating, and oppose environmentalist attacks on sand dredging and river management.
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Canoe enthusiasts share river solace and concerns over dredging
Hyde and Segraves paddle the Kaw year round sharing stories of ice floes and bald eagles. They value solitude yet note dredging erodes upstream banks, harming landowners and enriching dredgers, proposing sand pit mining off river sites as an alternative.
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