In addition to the HCC website, which has lots of good information and
links, there are other websites about paddling, including information
about gear, places to paddle, advice for beginners, ratings of water
levels (what's too low, too high, or just right), comments on boats and
other equipment, etc.
Two of these are
luv2paddle.com,
created for
Texas rivers, and
paddling.net, which covers the country. Other clubs, in Texas and elsewhere, have websites, which can be reached by typing the club name into a browser. The American Canoe Association, acanet.org., has good information, including what the beginning paddler should know.
The Texas Rivers Protection Assoc. has a website to learn about river
issues,
txrivers.org.
Another good statewide listserver is canoetx. Subscribe (or unsubscribe)
by sending an email message to
canoetx-request@world.std.com
In the body of the message enter only the words subscribe canoetx to subscribe or unsubscribe canoetx to unsubscribe.
There aren't that many messages so don't be surprised if you don't see anything for a while.