The Middle Fork Clearwater River is a short, but high volume river in Idaho County, Idaho , United States and is the major source of the Clearwater River , a tributary of the Snake River .
5-639: The Middle Fork flows west for 23 miles (37 km) from the confluence of the Selway River and Lochsa River at Lowell , to the town of Kooskia where it joins with the South Fork Clearwater River to create the Clearwater River. The Middle Fork's entire length is within Idaho County , although a small portion of its watershed extends into Clearwater County . The Middle Fork, along with
10-575: 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
15-610: The Selway and Lochsa Rivers, was among the original eight rivers designated as part of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System . It is a major migration route for Pacific chinook salmon that spawn in the Selway River. Although the Middle Fork flows through a tight canyon, it is characterized by gentle Class I and II rapids suitable for floating, especially in late summer after the peak snow melt has decreased. U.S. Route 12 follows
20-644: 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 miles (160 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. The Selway River drains a 2,013-square-mile (5,210 km ) basin in Idaho County . The Selway River
25-752: The entire length of the river. [REDACTED] Media related to Middle Fork Clearwater River at Wikimedia Commons 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
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