Now in his 70s, Hoops’ river days sadly are behind him. And in 2018, Congress designated the lower 60 miles of the canyon as a Wild and Scenic River, protecting it, in many ways, for future generations. His advocacy on behalf of Utah’s rivers helped turn Desolation Canyon into the largest wilderness study area in the state. Now, for the first time in more than a century, it’s possible to completely navigate the river from the base of Flaming Gorge Dam to its confluence with the Colorado River.īut, he says, he also “spent months pissing into the wind” attempting to get various interest groups along the White River to agree that oil pumps should be removed-not replaced-when they wear out. He spearheaded a campaign to create a boat passageway and fish ladders at the Tusher Dam diversion near the town of Green River. On the local and national front, he continued to advocate for the fragile desert river systems of the Colorado Plateau where he met with both success and failure. Though the petition to turn Desolation Canyon into a national monument went nowhere, Hoops’ advocacy of rivers had begun. He began running it several times a year and estimates he’s run it more than 100 times over his life. To Hoops, this stretch of river has always felt like home. The deepest part of the canyon is cut more than a mile below the top of the Tavaputs Plateau-nearly as deep as the deepest section of the Grand Canyon. Every bend offers something new, from rapids to ruins, petroglyphs to wildlife. From the river, cliffs rise up on either side like giant sandstone layer cakes-a layer of shale then cliff, shale then more cliff. What we now call the Green River has been carving its way through this area for 10 to 15 million years. It’s the largest area in the contiguous 48 states with no road running through it. This section, known as Desolation Canyon, meanders through one of the most isolated and rugged regions in the country. He began a push to make the 83-mile section of river below Echo Park a national monument.ĭressed to the nines: River guide Herm Hoops and wife, Val, celebrate their anniversary on the river in 1993 But the fact that the river was almost dammed and the area submerged under a reservoir affected Hoops. The remote site where the Yampa and Green rivers converge was once a refuge and hideout for Butch Cassidy and his outlaw gang. Hoops began advocating for rivers after his first trip to Echo Park in Dinosaur National Monument in the early 1970s.
Whether working as a park ranger at Dinosaur National Monument, floating the river as a guide, repairing rafts at his home or shuttling boats and guests to and from the river, he’s by nature gregarious with travelers and locals, sharing his experiences and alerting people to threats facing the rivers he loves. His expansive smile, irreverent wit and crass sense of humor are fixtures on the rivers of the Colorado Plateau for more than four decades. He was the river guide wearing a baseball cap with an oversize toucan beak on it.
If you ever met Herm Hoops on the river, you’d remember. The Orb Whisperer (25) on US-Echo IslesDefeat the Blood Council without anyone in the raid taking more than 23,000 spell damage in a single hit in 25-player mode.Herm Hoops took the river less paddled and found his purpose PvP pet battles won through Find Battle >.Healer Score at the Proving Grounds Endless >.Tank Score at the Proving Grounds Endless >.Damage Score at the Proving Grounds Endless >.Total kills that grant experience or honor >.
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