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The Middle Fork of the Salmon River is a 104-mile-long (167 km) river in central Idaho in the northwestern United States. [1] It is a tributary to the Salmon River , and lies in the center of the 2.5-million-acre (3,900 sq mi; 10,000 km 2 ) Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness Area .
Map of the Salmon River drainage basin with tributaries. The Salmon River, also known as the "River of No Return", is a river located in the U.S. state of Idaho in the western United States. It flows for 425 miles (685 km) through central Idaho, draining a rugged, thinly populated watershed of 14,000 square miles (36,000 km 2).
The Lochsa River is in the northwestern United States, in the mountains of north central Idaho. It is one of two primary tributaries (with the Selway to the south) of the Middle Fork of the Clearwater River in the Clearwater National Forest. Lochsa is a Nez Perce word meaning rough water. [6] [7] The Salish name is Ep Smɫí, "It Has Salmon." [8]
Two years after the $20 million removal of the Middle Fork Nooksack dam, salmon have safe passage through the river, but none have been seen — so now local tribes and wildlife officials are ...
Middle Fork Clearwater River (stream, Idaho County; formed by the confluence of the Selway and Lochsa at Lowell South Fork Clearwater River (stream, Idaho County - 46°08′44″N 115°58′56″W / 46.14556°N 115.98222°W / 46.14556; -115.98222 ; headwaters near Red River Hot Springs to Kooskia , confluence with the Middle
The Middle Fork Nooksack River, about 20 miles (32 km) long, originates on the southern slopes of Mount Baker near Baker Pass. [7] It flows generally northwest between Mount Baker and Twin Sisters , and drains into the North Fork opposite Welcome , about 4.5 km (2.8 mi) northeast of the confluence between the North and South Forks.
The project's goals include reviving the river’s ecosystem and enabling chinook and coho salmon to swim upstream and spawn along 400 miles of the Klamath and its tributaries.
Salmon–Challis National Forest is located in east central sections of the U.S. state of Idaho.At 4,235,940 acres (6,618.66 sq mi, or 17,142.24 km 2) it is one of the largest national forests in the lower 48 states and also has most of the land area of the Frank Church–River of No Return Wilderness, which is the largest wilderness area south of Alaska.