Selway River

The Selway River is located in North Central Idaho in the northwestern United States within the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness. It is a tributary of the Middle Fork of the Clearwater River in the Clearwater National Forest. The Selway was one of the rivers included by the United States Congress in 1968 as part of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.

The main stem of the Selway is more than 120 miles (193 km) in length from the headwaters in the Bitterroots to the confluence with the Lochsa near Lowell to form the Middle Fork of the Clearwater River. The drainage basin for the river system comprises convert|106977|acre|km2 in Idaho County, Idaho. The river is fed by melting snow out of the mountains of Idaho.

Communities

*Lowell

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 and, Westslope cutthroat trout
**Salmon- Chinook and Coho
**Mountain whitefish

*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

Attractions

Bibliography

Bugosh, Nicholas. (2000) [http://www.deq.state.id.us/water/data_reports/surface_water/tmdls/selway_river_lower/selway_river_lower_entire.pdf "Lower Selway River Subbasin assessment".] Lewiston, Idaho : Lewiston Regional Office, Idaho Division of Environmental Quality.

"Floating the wild Selway". (1991) [Missoula, Mont.?] : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Region.

[http://www.fs.fed.us/r1/nezperce/maps/brochures/selwayrivercorridor.pdf "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

* [http://www.npr.org/programs/re/archivesdate/2004/sep/selway/ NPR Radio expeditions.]
* [http://www.northcentralidaho.info/cgi/TPL05.php?ID=05_999_306 Visit Idaho - Selway River site]