Selway

The Original Wild and Scenic River

By: Doug Tims

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Selway is the story of a zoology professor from a small Missouri college who became the first to float America’s most pristine wild river and become a player in the 1960s effort to protect it and establish national systems for preservation of America’s wild lands and rivers. Also told are stories of pioneer efforts to settle here, the agency established to manage the Selway forests, and the endangered species that struggle to survive here. A quarter century of sharing the Selway with the public and years of research has given the author an understanding of what this wild river means to us and a few stories of wilderness misadventure to share. Strap on your backpack or tighten your life jacket and join him on a journey to the mystical environs of the only river and watershed in America to receive instant recognition in law as both wild and scenic and wilderness.