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The Steelhead Expo Brings Winter Anglers Together in Clearwater Country

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Cover photo courtesy of The Steelhead Expo and Derby For many Inland Northwest anglers, winter doesn’t signal the end of steelhead season. Instead, it marks one of its most social weekends of the year. The Steelhead Expo, running January 9 through 11, 2026, brings anglers together in Lewiston, Idaho, a town long synonymous with Clearwater […]

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Person rafting through class IV whitewater rapids on the Selway River. Inflatable blue raft, yellow oars, and woman wears a safety helmet and PFD.

Rafting Idaho and Oregon’s Wild & Scenic Rivers

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River permit demand exceeds supply for Idaho and Oregon’s most popular whitewater rivers. Learn about 5 alternative, non-permit rivers to run.

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Fly-fisherman holding a wild steelhead in the water.

Bold Proposal to Restore Snake River Salmon & Steelhead

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Snake River wild salmon and steelhead population is drastically declining, and the solution is to remove the four lower Snake River dams to allow salmon easier access into the 5,000+ miles of pristine upstream river habitat. The Columbia Basin Fund initiative proposed by Idaho Rep. Mike Simpson (R) aims to do that. Citizens need to voice their support to Congress.

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Photo of Stand Up Paddleboarders on the Spokane River.

Northwest River and Paddling Events

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Take on thrilling whitewater, learn a new boating skill, enjoy a relaxing paddle, or compete in your preferred paddles sports pursuit at one of these Northwest on-water events. Northwest Paddling Festival (May 10-11) This Festival is hosted at Lake Sammamish State Park near Seattle. Although not on a river, this is great event for paddlers

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Lost Ski Hills of North Central Idaho

Get Out There, Skiing/Snowboarding / By Aaron Theisen

Amidst the clear-cuts of the Camas Prairie in north-central Idaho, where Lewis and Clark staved off starvation and loggers hauled away millions of acres of straight-backed white pine, cries of the demise of small ski hills go ignored. Bald Mountain Ski Area At the end of pavement and not on the way to anything, Pierce, Idaho, population

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River Town Rebirth: Riggins, Idaho

Get Out There / By Aaron Theisen

For a town that has one of the state’s major north-south highways running through it, Riggins, Idaho, doesn’t feel like a place you just stumble upon by accident. On the south end of town, the Salmon River doglegs as it picks up the Little Salmon River and begins to parallel Highway 95 on its 425-mile

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Free the Snake Flotilla and River Recreation Day (September 17)

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Last year 200 boats with more than 350 people launched on the lower Snake River in a celebration and call to action in support of removing four dams that threaten wild salmon and prevent local communities from realizing the economic benefits of a free-flowing river. This year, even more paddlers and boaters, river advocates, anglers, and

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Hiking in Hells Canyon. Photo: Logan Crable, courtesy of ROW Adventures

River Time: Go With the Flow on These 5 River Hikes

Get Out There, Hiking / By Aaron Theisen

Whitewater enthusiasts revere the rivers of north-central Idaho – the Salmon River, its 425 miles of undammed water the longest free-flowing river in the contiguous 48 states; the Selway and its siblings in the Clearwater country east of Lewiston, which drain a wild area large enough to be its own state; the tumultuous Snake River

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Rafters keeping warm paddling the Snake River. Photo: Jared Cruce, courtesy of ROW Adventures

Big Water, Big Fun: Early Season Rafting on Inland NW Rivers

Get Out There / By Derrick Knowles

If you’re waiting for warmer temperatures or mellow river conditions to book a river trip, don’t. Floating lazily down the river on 80 degree days in sandals and board shorts is pretty nice, but waiting also means you’re missing out on some of the season’s biggest, thrilling whitewater. It’s a secret that’s kept many seasoned

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After the Burn

Leave a Comment / Get Out There, Hiking / By Briana Loveall

The conservation story of the lands burned by the Great Fire of 1910 By Bri Loveall Cover photo courtesy of The Great Burn Conservation Alliance Last spring, my family and I made our first camping trip of the season to the Lolo National Forest. At our campsite, bearberry grew in thick, low-growing clumps. A well-worn

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