Selway River
River in Idaho, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
| Selway River | |
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 Selway River at the Goat Creek rapid | |
 Course of the river | |
 Location of the mouth of the Selway River in Idaho  Selway River (the United States) | |
| 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[1] |
| • elevation | 6,857 ft (2,090 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Meets Lochsa River to form Middle Fork Clearwater River |
• location | Lowell, Nez Perce National Forest |
• coordinates | 46°08′25″N 115°35′58″W[1] |
• elevation | 1,453 ft (443 m)[1] |
| Length | 100 mi (160 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 2,013 sq mi (5,210 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Lowell, Idaho |
| • average | 3,773 cuft/s |
| • minimum | 580 cuft/s |
| • maximum | 29 573 cuft/s |
| Type | Wild, Recreational |
| Designated | October 2, 1968 |
| Reference no. | P.L. 90-542 |
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]
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
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- Birds
- Fish
- Mammals
Recreation
- Backcountry skiing
- Camping
- Fly fishing – Limits and catch-and-release
- Hiking
- Whitewater rafting – permits required
- Hunting
See also
References
Bibliography
External links
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