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The Bruneau – Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness was created by the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 and signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 30, 2009. Also created in the Omnibus Land Act were five additional southwestern Idaho wilderness areas in Owyhee County, collectively known as the Owyhee Canyonlands Wilderness Areas: [5] [6]
Long before the arrival of European Americans in the 19th century, the Nez Perce people in Idaho used the trail along the Lochsa River to travel to the plains of Montana to hunt buffalo. Kootenai and Salish (Flatheads) from Montana used the river trail to reach salmon runs in the rivers and streams feeding into the Columbia basin.
Little Wood River Dam: Little Wood River: Earthfill 169 52 Little Wood River Reservoir: 33,300 0.0411 3 USBR 1939 Lucky Peak Dam: Boise River: Earthfill 340 100 Lucky Peak Lake: 307,000 0.379 101 USACE 1955 Mackay Dam: Big Lost River: Earthfill 67 20 Mackay Reservoir: 45,000 0.056 0 Big Lost River Irrigation District 1918 Magic Dam: Big Wood ...
Dirt road in the Raft River Valley, October 2008. The valley is bounded by the Sublett Range on the northern east, the Black Pine Mountains on the southern east, the Raft River Mountains on the south, the Upper Raft River Valley on the very southern west, the Jim Sage Mountains on the southern west, the Cotterel Mountains on the northern west, and the Snake River on the north.
The Owyhee River Wilderness was created by the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 and signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 30, 2009. Also created in the Omnibus Land Act were five additional southwestern Idaho wilderness areas in Owyhee County, collectively known as the Owyhee Canyonlands Wilderness Areas: [4] [5]
About halfway along its course, the Salt River passes through a section known as the "Narrows", where it cuts between two ridges that divide Star Valley into an upper and lower valleys. The river's mouth is now inundated by the reservoir of the Palisades Dam in Idaho during high water. Paralleling the Salt River is Wyoming Highway 89 leading ...
White-water rafting the Salt River Canyon is fairly popular, with 27 sets of rapids and numerous side creeks to explore. [3] U.S. Route 60 and Arizona State Route 77 traverse a winding route through the canyon, descending close to the river at the bottom before crossing the river and then ascending back up the opposite side.
In 1931, 1,090,000 acres (4,400 km 2) in Central Idaho were declared by the U.S. Forest Service as The Idaho Primitive Area. In 1963, the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness was split into three parts: The Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness , the Salmon River Breaks Primitive area, and the Magruder Corridor—the land between the two areas.