Whitewater Rafting Increase with visitors

West Virginia’s whitewater rafting industry saw a slight increase in visitors last year compared to 2014. State Division of Natural Resources figures show traffic on the New, Gauley and other West Virginia rivers totaled 134,082 customers in 2015, up nearly 3,900 customers from the year before. But that’s down significantly from 2009 to 2011, when more than 150,000 rafters tackled West Virginia’s whitewater annually.