River Info
4 Rivers Lottery Contacts
Middle Fork of the Salmon River
Middle Fork Ranger District
P.O. Box 750Challis, ID 83226
(208) 879-4101
Main Salmon River
North Fork Ranger District
P.O. Box 180North Fork, Id 83466
(208) 865-2700
Snake River
Hells Canyon National Recreation Area
P.O. Box 699Clarkston, WA 99403
(509) 758-1957
Selway River
West Fork Ranger District
West Fork Ranger District6735 West Fork Road
Darby, MT 59829
(406) 821-3269
Emergency Contact Numbers
Grand Canyon
- Grand Canyon Emergency dispatch
928-638-7911 - Grand Canyon River office
928-638-7884
Idaho
- Idaho-Middle Fork Emergency Dispatch
Custer County 208-879-2232 (put-in)
Valley County 208-382-5160 (mid-section) - Idaho-Middle Fork River office (7:45 am to 4:30 pm)
208-879-4101 - Idaho-Main Salmon Emergency Dispatch
Lemhi County 208-756-8980
(Corn Creek area)
Idaho County 208-983-1100
(Mid-section of river)
Adams County 208-253-4227
(Riggins area) - Idaho Selway
River office 406-821-3269
Grangeville Sheriff’s office
208-983-1100
Westwater
- Grand County Sheriff (Moab, UT)
435-259-8115 - Life Flight, Grand Junction
Nationwide:
800-525-4224
Colorado:
800-332-4923 - BLM Management
435-259-7012 - River Office
435-259-7012 (only open M-F 8 am to 12 noon)
San Juan
- San Juan County Sheriff
435-587-2237
Desolation
- Emery County Sheriff
435-381-2404
Dinosaur (Yampa and Green Rivers)
- County Sheriff
970-824-6501 Craig Dispatch
435-789-2511 Uintah Basin Dispatch - River Office
970-374-2468
Salt River (Arizona)
- Gila County Sheriff
928- 425-4449 - River Office
928-402-6236
Buena Vista, CO (Arkansas)
- Chaffee County Sheriff
719-539-2596 - Gunsmoke Towing
719-395-8030
Oregon State Patrol
- (503) 378-3720 or (503) 378-3725
Taos Box Sheriff’s
- Office 505-758-2216
River Flows, Snow Packs, Reservoir Level
Current River Flows:
- IDAHO real time river flows from USGS.
- Idaho Department of Water Resources daily stream flow update.
- Historical flow charts for the past 5 years
- Dream Flows.com
- Northwest River Forecast for 10 day out projections.
- Idaho Power Streamflow Data
Snow Packs:
- Graphical look at regional snowpack ompared to average.
- Idaho snow pack report
- U.S. Bureau of Reclamation flows specifically for Idaho and Northwest Rivers
Reservoir Levels and flows out of Dams:
Sawtooth Transportation, LLC
208 869-2536
shuttles@sawtoothtrans.com
www.sawtoothtrans.com
Links
Website Resources
- Idaho Rivers United
- Oregon Whitewater.org
- American Whitewater Association
- American Rivers
- Idaho Adventure Guide
- NorthWest Rafter’s Association is a state-wide organization of more than 600 self-outfitted boaters in Oregon.
- Northwest Whitewater Association – Spokane Visit the New NWA website today!
- River Log Blog Spot – Carbon River
- Idaho State University Outdoor Program Includes a chapter from Never Turn Back (The Portal) and several chapters from a previous book (now out of print) called The Whitewater Book. Also other resources for boaters including check-off equipment lists, etc.
- Willamette Kayak and Canoe Club
- Washington Recreational River Runners, A non-profit association of private rafters, catarafters, and inflatable kayakers dedicated to the safe, recreational use of rivers.
- River City Whitewater Club (RCWC) based in Sacramento, and runs Northern California and western rivers.
- Central Arizona Paddlers Club
- Yahoo Canoeing, Rafting and Kayaking page.
- GORP – Rafting/Canoeing/Kayaking page.
- Boatowner.com click on kayaking, then paddling or whitewater for lots of links.
- B.S.A. TROOP 136 , Laramie , Wyoming.
- Whitewater Campsites Photos of camps on many rivers.
Paddle People
- Class V runs in South-Eastern Idaho. Kevin Veon’s pages that contains information and pictures about Class V runs in South-Eastern Idaho.
- Jason Kitley’s Whitewater Page. It’s new and there are some great Murtaugh at 1500 cfs photo’s and more
- JulieKeller.com Great River photo’s by professional outdoor photographer Julie Keller.
- Jim Reeds Kayaking Page with info on Oregon and Northwest whitewater.
- Jeff Bennett’s Whitewater Corner Page on Washington Whitewater.
- Web Pages for Whitewater Amphibians
- Michael Dooley’s Grand Canyon Page
- Charles Fosters Whitewater page with lots of stuff on California boating.
- California Creekin’ Bill Tuthill’s “Whitewater Guide for Inflatable Kayaking” in California. Great photos and river info.
- Kayaksalmon’s Home page
- Wilderness Vagabond Trip Reports & Other Wild Stuff By Rob Jones
- Kevin Fletcher ‘s whitewater (utah, Idaho) rafting and backcountry skiing page.
- restwhenyoudie.com Photos and descriptions of rapids.
- flipyourboat.com Lots of North Fork Payette photos.
