Idaho salmon were made to move. They are perfectly formed to cruise from the ocean to the currents of their home rivers here in Idaho. Sometimes to finish their journey, they need to leave the water to spectacular effect. Idaho salmon swim farther than most other salmon and climb higher than any. These fish swam more than 700 miles and climbed 4,500 feet in the 5 to 6 weeks after leaving the ocean. In two months, their graceful bodies will give their last efforts to spawn the next generation of

From a trickle below Galena Summit to the raging River of No Return, the Salmon River is world-famous. A short clip from our hour-long “Idaho Headwaters,” airing Sunday at 7 p.m. And be sure to check out the webpage at http://idahoptv.org/outdoors/shows/idahoheadwaters/ One of our better webpages. Bruce | Outdoor Idaho

This is quite a find: In the Idaho State Historical Society archives is this film shot by the National Geographic Society, which led a scientific expedition on Idaho's Salmon River in the fall of 1935. Navigating the whitewater in a large wooden scow emblazoned with "National Geographic Society," they show off some daredevil moves, then film pictographs, a porcupine, and a miner; get their boat stuck (then unstuck) on some rocks; and bathe in the Salmon River. (Idaho State Historical Society, MI