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By Tanya Riordan Not long ago, the Columbia-Snake River Basin was the most prolific salmon-producing landscape in the continental United States.Dozens of populations across this great basin, however, have been driven to extinction. Today in the Snake River, the Columbia River’s largest tributary, less than 1% of the historic keystone species—salmon and steelhead—return each year […]

In 2014, John Roskelley published the book Paddling the Columbia, a guide that pinpoints the necessary logistics for paddling the 1,200-plus miles of the Columbia River. The book has become one of the most significant paddling guides in the Northwest. This spring, Roskelley took on another regional river. On May 15, 2018, he posted on

“An unspoiled river is a very rare thing in this Nation today.” – Former President Lyndon B. Johnson upon signing the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, 1968 It’s been almost two decades since I made North Idaho my home, and, from day one, I noticed people speaking fondly of the St. Joe River and the