Eye Candy for the Isolation Blues

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Our world has shifted to a new reality within a matter of weeks in the wake of a once-in-a-century pandemic. Many behaviors and processes that we take for granted have suddenly changed, and “social distancing,” a phrase I had probably never even heard of a few weeks ago, has become a new mode of operation.…

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Meet Adrienne, the new office boss!

We are excited to bring Adrienne Rigsby on as the new WRO office manager! If you call to book a trip or ask about a river, you’ll be speaking with Adrienne. She’ll be helping manage reservations for the upcoming season.  Adrienne Rigsby, originally from Indiana, had a fulfilling career as a zookeeper caring for creatures…

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Silver and Stone: Glaciers of Alsek Country

By Dove Henry Only the ghosts of glaciers remain in most of the American countryside. Their mythology is told by the contours of the land—a rounded mountain here, a U-shaped valley there, terrestrial shapes haunted by the specters of ancient ice. But where the Alsek River flows through the Yukon, British Columbia, and southeast Alaska,…

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The Owyhee: Desert River, Desert Stories

By Dove Henry “If you want to study water, you do not go to the Amazon or to Seattle. You come here, to the driest land. Nowhere else is it drawn to such a point. In the desert, water is unedited, perfect.” –Craig Childs, The Secret Knowledge of Water The light has shifted in the…

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Wild and Scenic 50th Anniversary

Spring has arrived in Idaho and the excitement of river season is beginning to build.  2018 marks a special year for the wild rivers we enjoy as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.  The National Wild and Scenic River System was put in place by Congress in 1968 to…

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Middle Fork Flathead Video

The Middle Fork Flathead runs northeast about 40 miles from Schafer Meadows in the Great Bear Wilderness until it exits the wilderness at Bear Creek along highway 2.  From Bear creek the river runs along the border of the famous Glacier National Park.  The scenery is spectacular in this alpine wilderness filled with mountain lakes,…

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Eleven Days of Tatshenshini

I hope you enjoyed the photo tour of our 11-day Tatsheshini trip as much as I enjoyed taking all the photos.  Find out more info on the Tatshenshini River page or join our trip 2017 trip July 30th – August 9th. ~Seth Tonsmeire *This is a rough outline of our Tat schedule, but every trip…

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Owyhee River Super Adventure

The snowpack in the Owyhee Canyonlands is looking promising for the 2017 boating season.  We did have some February melt that bumped the Owyhee up to 20,000 cfs and the Bruneau to 6,000 cfs.  Almost breaking an all time historical peak flows for the Bruneau.  Even with this early melt that occurred, the snowpack for…

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Grand Canyon Trip Report

After a busy river season starting in March with BLM work on the Owyhee River and then commercial Owyhee trips in April, several Jarbidge Bruneau trips in May, then trips on the Middle Fork Salmon and Main Salmon throughout June, July and August, and an August trip on the South Fork Flathead River in Montana.…

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