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Middle Fork of the Salmon River

Middle Fork Ranger District

Main Salmon River

North Fork Ranger District

Snake River

Hells Canyon National Recreation Area

Selway River

West Fork Ranger District

Emergency Contact Numbers

Grand Canyon

• Grand Canyon Emergency dispatch
  928-638-7911
• Grand Canyon River office
  928-638-7884

Idaho

• Idaho-Middle Fork Emergency Dispatch
  Custer County 208-879-2232 (put-in)
  Valley County 208-382-5160 (mid-section)
• Idaho-Middle Fork River office (7:45 am to 4:30 pm)
  208-879-4101
• Idaho-Main Salmon Emergency Dispatch
  Lemhi County 208-756-8980
  (Corn Creek area)
  Idaho County 208-983-1100
  (Mid-section of river)
  Adams County 208-253-4227
  (Riggins area)
• Idaho SelwayRiver office 406-821-3269
  Grangeville Sheriff’s office
  208-983-1100

Westwater

• Grand County Sheriff (Moab, UT)
  435-259-8115
• Life Flight, Grand Junction
  Nationwide:
  800-525-4224
  Colorado:
  800-332-4923
• BLM Management
  435-259-7012
• River Office
  435-259-7012 (only open M-F 8 am to 12 noon)

San Juan

• San Juan County Sheriff
  435-587-2237

Desolation

• Emery County Sheriff
  435-381-2404

Dinosaur (Yampa and Green Rivers)

• County Sheriff
  970-824-6501 Craig Dispatch
  435-789-2511 Uintah Basin Dispatch
• River Office
  970-374-2468

Salt River (Arizona)

• Gila County Sheriff
  928- 425-4449
• River Office
  928-402-6236

Buena Vista, CO (Arkansas)

• Chaffee County Sheriff
  719-539-2596
• Gunsmoke Towing
  719-395-8030

Oregon State Patrol

• (503) 378-3720 or (503) 378-3725

Taos Box Sheriff’s

• Office 505-758-2216

River Flows, Snow Packs, Reservoir Level

Current River Flows:

• IDAHO real time river flows from USGS.
• Idaho Department of Water Resources daily stream flow update.
• Historical flow charts for the past 5 years
• Dream Flows.com
• Northwest River Forecast for 10 day out projections.
• Idaho Power Streamflow Data

Snow Packs:

• Graphical look at regional snowpack compared to average.
• Idaho snow pack report
• U.S. Bureau of Reclamation flows specifically for Idaho and Northwest Rivers

Reservoir Levels and flows out of Dams:

• Boise & Payette River Basins Reservoir Storage (Teacup Diagram)
• Upper Snake River Basin Reservoir Storage (Teacup Diagram)

Shuttle Information

Sawtooth Transportation, LLC

208 869-2536
shuttles@sawtoothtrans.com
www.sawtoothtrans.com

Central Idaho River Shuttles

208 507-1830
pat@centralidahorivershuttles.com
http://www.centralidahorivershuttles.com

Hells Canyon Shuttle Service

800 785-3358
diana@hellscanyonshuttle.com
https://www.hellscanyonshuttle.com/

Links

Website Resources

• • Idaho Rivers United
  • Oregon Whitewater.org
  • American Whitewater Association
  • American Rivers
  • Northwest Whitewater Association
  • River Log Blog Spot – Carbon River
  • Idaho State University Outdoor Program Includes a chapter from Never Turn Back (The Portal) and several chapters from a previous book (now out of print) called The Whitewater Book. Also other resources for boaters including check-off equipment lists, etc.
  • Washington Recreational River Runners, A non-profit association of private rafters, catarafters, and inflatable kayakers dedicated to the safe, recreational use of rivers.
  • River City Whitewater Club (RCWC) based in Sacramento, and runs Northern California and western rivers.
  • Central Arizona Paddlers Club

  Safety

  • • Planning a safe river trip.
    • Safety Code of American Whitewater
    • Paddlers checklist