Selway River Contents History Flora Wildlife Recreation See also References Bibliography External links Navigation menu45°29′49″N 114°44′37″W / 45.49694°N 114.74361°W / 45.49694; -114.7436146°08′25″N 115°35′58″W / 46.14028°N 115.59944°W / 46.14028; -115.5994446°08′25″N 115°35′58″W / 46.14028°N 115.59944°W / 46.14028; -115.59944"Selway River""The National Map: National Hydrography Dataset High-Resolution Flowline Data""Lower Selway River Subbasin Assessment""Clearwater River (Middle Fork), Idaho""Students immersed in Magruder Corridor""Indian Creek Chronicles: A Winter Alone in the Wilderness by Pete Fromm"Selway River Corridor: A Guide to Recreation on the Moose Creek Ranger DistrictFriends of the ClearwaterNPR Radio expeditionsVisit Idaho - Selway River site
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Idaho |
| County | Idaho |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Southeast of Stripe Mountain |
| - location | Bitterroot National Forest, Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, Bitterroot Mountains |
| - coordinates | 45°29′49″N 114°44′37″W / 45.49694°N 114.74361°W / 45.49694; -114.74361[1] |
| - elevation | 6,857 ft (2,090 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Meets Lochsa River to form Middle Fork Clearwater River |
Lowell, Nez Perce National Forest | |
- coordinates | 46°08′25″N 115°35′58″W / 46.14028°N 115.59944°W / 46.14028; -115.59944Coordinates: 46°08′25″N 115°35′58″W / 46.14028°N 115.59944°W / 46.14028; -115.59944[1] |
- elevation | 1,453 ft (443 m)[1] |
| Length | 100 mi (160 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 2,013 sq mi (5,210 km2)[4] |
National Wild and Scenic River | |
| Type | Wild, Recreational |
| Designated | October 2, 1968 |
| Reference no. | P.L. 90-542 |
The Selway River is a large tributary of the Middle Fork of the Clearwater River in the U.S. state of Idaho. It flows within the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, the Bitterroot National Forest, and the Nez Perce National Forest of North Central Idaho.[5] The entire length of the Selway was included by the United States Congress in 1968 as part of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.[6]
The main stem of the Selway is 100 miles (160 km) in length[3] from the headwaters in the Bitterroots to the confluence with the Lochsa near Lowell to form the Middle Fork of the Clearwater. The Selway River drains a 2,013-square-mile (5,210 km2) basin in Idaho County.[4]
Contents
1 History
2 Flora
3 Wildlife
4 Recreation
5 See also
6 References
7 Bibliography
8 External links
History
The Selway River is home to Chinook salmon. Four salmon channels were built "in the mid-1960s by the Idaho Department of Fish and Game and by the Job Corps ... along the Selway to help re-establish the spring chinook run after hydroelectric dams were built downstream." The river was stocked with salmon eggs and fry "each fall through 1981, and again in 1985."[7] A 1993 book about the project, Indian Creek Chronicles, won the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book Award.[8][9]
Flora
- Cedar - Western red cedar
- ferns
- Firs – Douglas and grand fir
- Huckleberries
- Pine - ponderosa pine
- Spruce - Engelmann spruce
Wildlife
- Birds
- Bald eagle
- Grouse
- Heron
- Osprey
- Owls
- Wild turkey
- Fish
- Trout
- bullhead
- bull
- rainbow or steelhead
- westslope cutthroat
Salmon- Chinook
- coho
- Mountain whitefish
- Trout
- Mammals
- Bighorn sheep
- American black bear
- Cougar
- Elk
- Fisher
- Gray wolf
- Lynx
- Moose
- Mountain goat
- Mule deer
- Northern river otter
- Skunk
- Weasel
- White-tailed deer
- Wolverine
Recreation
- Backcountry skiing
- Camping
Fly fishing – Limits and catch-and-release- Hiking
- Whitewater rafting – permits required
See also
- List of rivers of Idaho
- List of longest streams of Idaho
- List of National Wild and Scenic Rivers
References
^ abc "Selway River". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. June 21, 1979. Retrieved January 25, 2013..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
^ ab U.S. Geological Survey. "The National Map: National Hydrography Dataset High-Resolution Flowline Data". Retrieved May 3, 2011.
^ ab Bugosh, Nicholas (2000). "Lower Selway River Subbasin Assessment" (PDF). Lewiston, Idaho: Lewiston Regional Office, Idaho Division of Environmental Quality. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
^ Idaho Atlas & Gazetteer (6th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2007. pp. 52–53, 55–56. ISBN 978-0-89933-284-0.
^ "Clearwater River (Middle Fork), Idaho". National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
^ Briggeman, Kim (2011-06-12). "Students immersed in Magruder Corridor". Missoulian. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
^ Fromm, Pete (2003). Indian Creek chronicles. New York: Picador. ISBN 0312422725.
^ "Indian Creek Chronicles: A Winter Alone in the Wilderness by Pete Fromm". Barnes & Noble. Retrieved 2013-12-01.
Bibliography
Floating the Wild Selway. (1991) [Missoula, Mont.?] : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Region.
Selway River Corridor: A Guide to Recreation on the Moose Creek Ranger District. (2000) Kooskia, Idaho : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Nez Perce National Forest, Moose Creek Ranger Station.
Selway River fisheries investigations : job completion report. (1979) [Idaho] : Idaho Dept. of Fish & Game.
A survey and evaluation of archaeological resources in the Magruder Corridor, Bitterroot National Forest, east-central Idaho, 1969. (1969) Pocatello, Idaho : Idaho State University Museum.
External links
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- Visit Idaho - Selway River site
