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BOISE â In early-1900s Idaho, timber was king. The supply of coveted western white pine seemed endless. To the newly arrived Weyerhaeuser family, it was as if money grew on trees. Although Idaho forests promised jobs, the work of cutting timber and transporting it to the mill in Lewiston across rugged, roadless mountains would take innovation and hard work. North Idahoâs Clearwater River would serve as a channel to transport the valuable timber in annual log drives that would span a half century.
Idaho Public Televisionâs original series Idaho Experience takes viewers along for The Last Log Drive on the Clearwater River to chronicle the 100-mile journey to Lewiston, life on the river, and the company that ran it allâplus, what caused the log drive to come to an abrupt end in 1971.
Sockeye salmon like these are among the salmon species in peril, as outlined in the 2021 State of Salmon in Watersheds report. CREDIT: Aaron Kunz Listen