Selway River

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. 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.

The main stem of the Selway is 100 mi in length 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 2013 mi2 basin in Idaho County.

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." A 1993 book about the project, Indian Creek Chronicles, won the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book Award.

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
 * 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
 * Hunting