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More than 100 people turned out Saturday in Boise to show what happens when we all do our part. They collected more than 50 bags of trash along the Boise River from Barber Park downstream to Municipal Park. Remember that more trash will show as high water continues to recede, so we can all follow this example and do our part. Also a big thanks to our event sponsors and partners: Proof Eyewear, Chums and Idaho Sierra Club. • 📸: Mike Bachman • #earthday2018 #earthday #idahorivers #boiseriver #boiserivergreenbelt #whyiloveariver #ifyouloveariver #springtime #rivercleanup
"I first saw the headwaters of the South Fork Salmon with my grandparents when I was a young child and had no clue that the sport of kayaking existed. Even then, I felt a strong connection with the area. The ragged mountains with their granite spires and formidable peaks spoke to the part of my imagination that needs to know there are wild, hard-to-get-to places left in our country, though I certainly couldn't have put it into these words then. Years later I was lucky enough to kayak the South Fork Salmon. I have been back almost every year since--the area has a powerful hold over me.” -Darcy Gaechter, Glenwood Springs, Colorado. • For more stories from those who love the South Fork of the Salmon River and to learn why this river is one of America's Most Endangered Rivers, visit our website. • 📸: courtesy of Darcy Gaechter #mer2018 #mostendangeredrivers #idahorivers #ifyouloveariver #whyiloveariver #findyourriver #savethesouthforksalmon #southforksalmonalliance #peopleofthesouthforksalmon #nonewmines #waterbeforegold #protectwhatyoulove #idahoisthebest #kayakidaho #wildidaho #exploreidaho #idahoriversunited
ACTION ALERT! Act now to stop the 'Salmon Extinction Act'. A small group of lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives, including Idaho's Rep. Raul Labrador, are pushing anti-salmon legislation to roll back protections and overturn court decisions favorable for salmon. . Ask your representatives to stop HR 3144 and protect wild salmon and steelhead from extinction. Your most important points are to say: 1) Idaho's salmon matter to you (and why), and 2) H.R 3144 is bad for Idaho's salmon, communities, and economy. . Representative Mike Simpson 202.225.5531 Representative Raul Labrador 202.225.6611. . For more information, check our website. #linkinbio 📸: Steve Petitt #idahorivers #ifyouloveariver #whyiloveariver #findyourriver #wildsalmonforever #speakforsalmon #protectwhatyoulove #advocacy #civicengagement #getinvolved #idahosalmon #wildfish #idahoriversunited
The South Fork of the Salmon River is considered one of America's Most Endangered Rivers. IRU and @americanrivers are working to save the river from significant threats of a proposed mine. . Do you have a South Fork Salmon story? We'd love to hear it, and so would other South Fork advocates.Come down to Sockeye Brewing (Fairview) tomorrow night, April 18, at 6:30pm to tell us all about it. . 📸: Scott Acker, McCall. #idahorivers#ifyouloveariver #whyiloveariver #findyourriver #savethesouthfork #mer2018 #endangeredrivers #peopleofthesouthforksalmon #southforksalmonalliance #nonewmines #waterbeforegold #protectwhatyoulove #idahome #exploreidaho #visitidaho #getoutstayout #raftidaho #idahowhitewater
“Being on the river, it’s like falling in love. You can’t explain why you are drawn to a person, but you are. The South Fork of the Salmon is just that, falling in love. It is something inside me drawn to that river, every time. I can’t explain it entirely, and it almost seems irrational how much I can feel it and be overwhelmed by it. Being on the South Fork and knowing that river, that is love.” -Cooper Lambla, Charlotte, North Carolina • Follow the link in our profile to read about why the South Fork is one of America’s Most Endangered Rivers and what you can do to help. • 📸: courtesy of Cooper Lambla #mer2018 #idahorivers #kayaking #rafting #endangeredrivers #whyiloveariver #idahome #idaho #salmonriver #savethesouthfork #findyourriver #kayakidaho #idahoriversunited
The South Fork of the Salmon River was named today one of America’s Most Endangered Rivers because if the threat of new large-scale, open-pit mining in its headwaters. Click into our newsroom in our profile for more info and to help protect this special place. • 📸: Dan Patrinellis #salmonriver #idaho #idahome #idahorivers #cleanwater #mer2018 #ifyouloveariver #whyiloveariver #wildidaho
A portrait of the future. . A study released today by the NW Energy Coalition shows electricity produced by the lower Snake River dams can be easily and affordably replaced. The study said with only an additional $1 to monthly bills, green power can replace the dams. For more information, #linkinbio. . 📸: Kevin Lewis #idahorivers #ifyouloveariver #whyiloveariver #findyourriver #wildsalmonforever #freethesnake #takeoutthedams #riveradvocacy #cleanpower #damsaredirty #idahorivers
The Big Wood River below Magic Reservoir knifes into the Snake River Plain’s basalt lava flows. Heavily dammed and diverted at this point, it rarely has water, so it was fun to find it today flowing pretty big. • 📸: @westernperspective #idahome #idaho #idahorivers #rivers #desert #bigwoodriver #exploreidaho
The Selkirk Mountains are just shy of being classified as a temperate rainforest by only a few inches of rain a year. The mountains breed lush rivers, saturated rocky creeks and mighty cedars. The water quality of the mountain creeks is pristine and in some places, drinkable. A prime example of this is Myrtle Creek, the water supply for the town of Bonners Ferry. Idaho Rivers United believes in protecting all the rivers, and creeks, of Idaho. Have a fantastic weekend exploring the far reaches of our beautiful state. For the rivers! 📸: @idahoavadventures #idahorivers #ifyouloveariver #whyiloveariver #findyourriver #fortherivers #wildidaho #exploreidaho #idahoisthebest #getoutstayout #idahome #boundarycounty
Gold Fork River near Donnelly looks moody and reflective in this photo taken on the last day of winter. • 📸: Wendy Jones #idahorivers #idaho #idahome #idahophotographer #clouds #lastdayofwinter #reflection #ifyouloveariver
Kokanee and chinook salmon use this creek in north Idaho to spawn. The pristine waters are dazzling this time of year. Smolts will soon be heading down Wolf Lodge Creek to live their lives in the majestic Lake Coeur d' Alene. Years later, they will return in the fall as adults to nourish the entire ecosystem and continue this robust cycle of life. 📸: @idahoavadventures #idahorivers #ifyouloveariver #whyiloveariver #findyourriver #wildsalmonforever #nowyouknow #exploreidaho #travelnorth #idahome #theriversofidaho #idahoriversunited
Tonight!🏞 Idaho River Talks: chinook salmon, arsenic and the South Fork of the Salmon River. . Idaho River Sports 6:30pm . Join us tonight for Caleb Zurstadt of the U.S. Forest Service and Austin Baldwin from the U.S. Geological Survey presenting their research as it pertains to the South Fork Salmon. . The South Fork of the Salmon's headwaters are high in the Salmon River Mountains east of Cascade, Idaho, at almost 8,000 feet. The river travels for approximately 86 miles to where it meets the main stem of the Salmon River just south of Mackay Bar. Legacy impacts from mining, road construction and logging are on the mend in this river basin. For more information, visit our website. #idahorivers #ifyouloveariver #whyiloveariver #findyourriver #idahorivertalks #lectureseries #boiseeducationalevent 📸: Daniel Patrinellis
Clearwater country. If you've been there we don't need to tell you why preservation is critical. If you haven't been there, go. 🏞 Join us tonight with our friends, Friends of the Clearwater for a presentation about the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest's plan revision. 6pm Boise Library! Marion Bingham Room. #idahorivers #ifyouloveariver #whyiloveariver #findyourriver #wildrivers #wildfriends #wilderness 📸: Wendy Jones of Greg Stahl.
"Stop and think of the world for a moment." . "I love my river because I love my Idaho. Without my river I would be without my Idaho." . "Rivers, my happy place. They keep things simply...peaceful." . "I love the river because it feeds me with love." . -Anser Charter School 5th graders. Thank you. #idahorivers #ifyouloveariver #whyiloveariver #findyourriver 📸:@idahoavadventures The mighty, Kootenai River in Idaho. The Kootenai River's headwaters are only one small ridge away from the Columbia's in British Columbia, Canada. This picture is just below the confluence with Moyie River in Boundary County.
Salmon and steelhead are an indelible part of our culture and identity in Idaho and across the Pacific Northwest. Join us 6:30 p.m. this Thursday at the Limelight Hotel in Ketchum for the Sun Valley premier of “Our Two Hands,” an excellent documentary film that dives into the decline of wild salmon and what’s being done to reverse it. 📸: @bloodknots #wildsalmon #steelhead #idaho #idahome #fishing #ketchum #sunvalley #limelighthotel
Pillows and piles. This late season snow leaves us wanting more, and yet, ready for spring. . Redfish Lake Creek. #idahorivers #ifyouloveariver#whyiloveariver #findyourriver