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The drainage basin for the Lochsa River system covers 1,180 square miles (3,060 km 2) in Idaho County. [4] The river is fed by the melting of the significant snowpack of the Bitterroot Range, among the highest precipitation areas in the state. [11]
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]
The river is named for the fact Oregon Trail pioneers would cross the river with rafts, as it was often flooded as a result of beaver dams. [3] The Oregon Trail crossed the Raft River approximately 2 miles (3 km) south of Interstate 86. At the top of the bluff above Raft River, the "Parting of the Ways" took place.
The dam, NID ID# CO00359, is a concrete arch dam that is 151 feet (46 meters) high and 375 feet (114 meters) long. It impounds the South Platte River and is in Park County, Colorado. [5] The reservoir, Eleven Mile Reservoir, can store up to 128,000 acre-feet (158,000,000 cubic meters) of water. Its surface area is 3,500 acres (1,400 hectares).
C.J. Strike Reservoir is a reservoir located in southwestern Idaho. Its main recreational features include the C. J. Strike Dam and its 7,500-acre (30 km 2) reservoir, an impoundment of the Snake River and Bruneau River. This in turn provides excellent fishing (both cold and warm water) and boating opportunities along with, to a lesser extent ...
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.
Map of Idaho showing location of the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness. The Frank Church—River of No Return Wilderness Area is a protected wilderness area in Idaho. [2] It was created in 1980 by the United States Congress and renamed in 1984 as the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness Area in honor of U.S. Senator Frank Church.
Three Island Crossing State Park is a history-focused public recreation area in Glenns Ferry, Elmore County, Idaho, United States, that interprets the site of a ford of the Snake River on the Oregon Trail. The state park features camping, cabins, disk golf, and a visitors center with interpretive exhibits. [1]