Join SOS and Idaho River Adventures this July for a wild trip down the Middle Fork of the Salmon River!
SOS is excited to announce a partnership with Idaho River Adventures in 2014 – and to invite you to join a trip this summer down the fabled Middle Fork of the Salmon River in central Idaho. The Middle Fork is one of the original eight rivers designated as Wild under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968. It winds through the heart of the Lower 48’s largest continuous wilderness area - the Frank Church River of No Return.
Central Idaho is the historic home of millions of wild salmon and steelhead. Today, largely as a result of downstream dams on the lower Snake, only a small number these fish return each year. SOS is working with others to remove these four dams, restore a healthy river and reconnect wild salmon and steelhead with the largest, highest, wildest, and best protected chunk of salmon and steelhead habitat remaining in the Lower 48.
For river rats everywhere, the Middle Fork is among the most treasured river trips in the United States – a holy grail!
AND - when you sign up for this trip, owner Dustin Aherin will donate $400 of the trip cost to SOS!
Learn more about Dustin and Idaho River Adventures here.
Here are the Save Our wild Salmon/Middle Fork Trip details: 6 days and 5 nights on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River launching July 6, 2013. The trip begins in Stanley, ID with a short drive to the put-in. The trip will end six days later with a 1.5 hour bus ride from the take-out to the town of Salmon, ID.
IRA provides an all-inclusive vacation with everything provided for: sleeping bags, full-sized sleeping pads, tents, dining tables and chairs, all food from lunch on Day 1 to lunch on Day 6. IRA uses a large cargo-hauling raft called a sweep boat that carries all of the camping gear. It runs ahead of the main group each day to set up the evening camp including tents. The IRA staff prepare excellent made-from-scratch meals using as much locally-sourced foods as possible - cooking over an open fire, in Dutch ovens and with propane.
This trip is great for people of all experience levels. The Middle Fork is a fantastic place to hike and visit historic sights. Fishing is fantastic: the Middle Fork is a Blue Ribbon fishery with world class dry fly fishing for native West slope Cutthroat Trout; IRA will provide the flies and rod/reel as necessary. Or you can relax, and enjoy the company of family/friends that are traveling with you and new friends you will make while on the trip. Kids as young as 8 are more than welcome (though younger experienced campers are welcome too).
The total cost is $2050 per participant:
$400 of which you donate directly to SOS (100% tax-deductible);
$300 deposit is due soon to reserve each space; and
Balance due May 15th.
For more information:
Dustin Aherin
www.idahoriveradventures.com
dustin@idahoriveradventures.com
888.994.9490
Joseph Bogaard
Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition
joseph@wildsalmon.org
206-300-1003
