Selway River (Four Rivers Lottery)

The Main Salmon, Middle Fork of the Salmon, Selway, and Snake-Hells Canyon Rivers, located in central Idaho and eastern Oregon, offer a broad range of floating and recreation opportunities. These exciting rivers provide scenery, steep canyons, wildlife, and whitewater thrills for thousands of river runners each summer during the floating season.

Non-commercial permits to float these four rivers (the Main Salmon, Middle Fork of the Salmon, Selway, and Snake-Hells Canyon) are allocated through a computerized lottery system. Applications for the upcoming Selway floating season must be submitted online through Recreation.gov. Hard copy applications are not accepted.

The application period is December 1 through January 31 each year.

Email notices will be sent to all applicants on February 14th after the lottery period has concluded. Applicants will need to log into their recreation.gov profile to see the results of their lottery application(s).

To confirm your reservation, log into your profile and accept your reservation by March 15th. Upon reservation confirmation, you will be sent links to important information and regulations that you MUST review in full to have a successful and safe trip.

Cancelled, declined, revoked and unconfirmed award dates will be released March 16th at 8:00 AM Mountain Standard Time on the recreation.gov website. Available dates will be reserved on a first-come, first-served basis.

To learn more about floating the Selway River, see the information below, or call the West Fork Ranger District at 406-821-3269.

Four Rivers Lottery Brochure

Selway Floater Information

How to Avoid Giardia

Selway River - Lowell, ID Readings

Current Idaho River Flows

Idaho Fishing Planner

2026 Selway River Readings - Paradise

	April	May	June	July	Aug	Sept
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10	3.4
11	3.6
12	3.8
13	3.6
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31

	April	May	June	July	Aug	Sept
1		3.9	5.2	1.1	0.4
2		4.0	4.4	1.0	0.5	0.3
3		4.5	3.6		0.4	0.3
4		5.4	3.2	0.9	0.4	0.3
5		4.8	3.0	1.2	0.4	0.3
6		4.1	3.0	1.0	0.4	0.3
7		4.0		0.9	0.4	0.2
8		4.5	3.3	0.8	0.6	0.2
9		5.0	3.3	0.8	0.4	0.2
10	2.1	5.6	3.3	0.7	0.4
11	2.4	6.0	3.1	0.7	0.4
12	2.9	5.9	2.7	0.7	0.4
13	2.8	5.1	2.6	0.6
14	2.4	4.5	2.5	0.6	0.3
15	2.5	4.0	2.3	0.6	0.3
16	2.7	3.6	2.2	0.6	0.3
17	2.8	3.3	2.0	0.5	0.3
18	2.6	3.4	1.9	0.5	0.3
19	2.5	3.1	1.8	0.5	0.3
20	2.4	3.0	1.8	0.5	0.3
21		2.9	1.8	0.5	0.3
22	2.2	2.8	1.6	0.5	0.3
23	2.2	2.9	1.5	0.4	0.3
24	2.2	2.9	1.4	0.4	0.3
25	2.4	3.3		0.4	0.3
26	2.7	4.1	1.3	0.4	0.2
27		5.0	1.3	0.5	0.2
28	4.0	5.1	1.3	0.5	0.5
29	4.4	5.3	1.2	0.4	0.4
30	4.3	5.6	1.1	0.4	0.4
31		5.0		0.4	0.3

	MARCH	APRIL	MAY	JUNE	JULY	AUG
1			2.6	4.2	1.8	0.5
2			2.4	4.4	1.8	0.4
3			2.4	4.7	1.7	0.4
4			2.3	-	1.6	0.4
5			2.3	5.3	1.4	0.4
6			2.7	-	1.4	0.4
7			2.6	5.5	1.3	0.4
8			2.5	5.5	1.3	0.4
9			2.4	5.2	1.1	0.4
10			2.6	5.2	1.1	0.4
11		2.1	3.0	4.7		0.4
12		2.1	3.8	4.5		0.4
13		2.7	4.8	4.0	0.9	0.4
14		3.9	5.5	3.8	0.8	0.4
15		4.4	5.5	3.6	0.8	0.4
16		4.5	5.3	3.1	0.7	0.4
17		4.0	5.8	2.9	0.7	0.4
18		3.4	5.0	-	0.7	0.4
19		3.0	4.5	2.6	0.6	0.4
20		2.8	3.9	2.4	0.6	0.4
21		2.7	3.5	2.4	0.6	0.4
22		2.4	3.3	2.5	0.5	0.4
23		2.4	3.2	2.6	0.5	0.4
24		2.5	3.0	2.6	0.5	0.4
25		2.6	3.0	2.4	0.5	0.4
26		2.8	3.0	2.3	0.5	0.4
27		3.0	2.9	2.7	0.5	0.4
28		3.0	3.2	2.1	0.5	0.4
29		3.0	5.6	1.9	0.4	0.4
30		2.8	4.9	1.9	0.4	0.4
31			4.3		0.6

	MARCH	APRIL	MAY	JUNE	JULY	AUGUST	SEPT
1			4.9	4.0	1.7	0.4	0.3
2			6.1	3.6	1.7	0.4
3			6.5	3.6	1.6	0.4
4			6.4	3.3	1.5	0.4
5			6.5	3.3	-	0.4
6			5.9	3.4	1.4	0.7
7			5.2	3.3	1.3	0.7
8			4.5	3.1	1.2	0.6
9			4.1	3.2	1.2	0.5
10			3.8	3.1	1.1	0.5
11			3.7	2.8	1.1	0.4
12			3.9	2.8	1.0	0.4
13			4.4	2.7	1.0	0.4
14			5.0	3.0	0.9	0.4
15			6.2	2.4	0.9	0.4
16			6.5	2.2	0.8	0.3
17			6.3	2.1	0.8	0.3
18			6.1	2.4	0.8	-
19			5.9	2.5	0.8	-
20			6.1	2.4	0.7	0.3
21			6.1	2.2	0.7	0.4
22			6.4	-	0.6	0.4
23			5.7	2.0	0.6	0.4
24			4.9	1.9	0.6	0.4
25			4.5	1.9	0.6	0.3
26			4.3	1.9	0.5	0.3
27			4.4	1.9	0.5	0.4
28			4.3	1.9	0.5	0.3
29			3.9	1.9	0.5	0.3
30			4.1	1.8	0.5	0.4
31			4.0		0.4	0.4

	MARCH	APRIL	MAY	JUNE	JULY	AUGUST
1				5.2	3.2	0.6
2				5.3	3.1	0.6
3				6.0	3.0	0.5
4			2.2	6.9	2.9	0.5
5			2.7	6.5	2.6	0.5
6			3.6	6.6	2.5	0.5
7			4.6	6.2	2.5	0.5
8			4.3	6.0	2.6	0.5
9			3.8	6.0	2.4	0.5
10			3.4	6.4	2.2	0.5
11			3.1	7.1	2.0	0.5
12			2.9	7.5	1.8	0.5
13			2.8	6.5	1.8	0.5
14			2.6	5.6	1.7	0.5
15			2.7	4.9	1.6	0.5
16			3.7	4.7	1.5	0.5
17			5.4	5.1	1.4	0.5
18			5.8	5.6	1.3
19			5.9	5.5	1.2	0.5
20			5.0	4.7	1.1	0.5
21			4.4	4.3	1.0	0.5
22			3.9	4.3	1.0	0.5
23			3.6	4.6	0.9	0.5
24			3.5	4.6	0.9
25			3.4	4.1	0.8	0.5
26			4.4	3.9	0.8	0.5
27			5.8	3.9	0.7	0.5
28			7.1	3.9	0.7	0.4
29			6.4	3.9	0.7	0.4
30			6.2	3.5	0.6	0.4
31			5.5		0.6	0.4

	MARCH	APRIL	MAY	JUNE	JULY	AUGUST	SEPT
1			5.3	5.0	1.4	0.3	0.4
2			5.5	5.6	-	0.4	0.4
3			4.8	6.1	1.3	0.5	0.4
4			4.5	6.6	1.2	0.4	0.4
5			4.2	6.3	1.1	0.3	0.3
6			4.4	5.4	1.0	0.3	0.3
7			5.3	-	1.0	0.3	0.3
8			5.1	4.1	0.9	0.4	0.3
9			4.4	3.9	0.9	0.4	0.3
10			3.9	3.9	0.8	0.4	0.3
11			3.5	3.5	0.8	0.4	0.3
12			3.4	3.2	0.7	0.4	0.3
13			3.6	3.3	0.7	0.4	0.3
14			4.2	3.6	0.7	0.4	0.3
15			4.6	-	0.6	0.4	0.3
16			5.1	3.4	0.6	-	0.3
17			5.5	3.0	0.6	-	-
18			6.1	2.8	0.6	-	0.3
19			5.4	2.6	0.5	-	0.2
20			4.8	2.6	0.6	-	0.3
21		2.5	4.2	2.4	0.5	-	0.3
22		2.7	3.6	2.4	0.5	-	0.3
23		2.7	3.4	2.4	0.4	-	0.3
24		2.6	3.4	2.2	0.4	-	-
25		2.7	3.3	2.0	0.4	-	0.3
26		2.6	4.0	1.8	0.4	-	0.3
27		2.5	4.0	1.8	0.3	-	0.3
28		2.5	4.3	1.7	0.4	-	0.3
29		2.9	4.4	1.6	0.4	-	0.3
30		3.8	4.5	1.5	0.3	-	0.3
31			4.7		0.3	0.4

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2026 Selway River Readings - Paradise

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