Writers from national magazines accepted invitations to float the river and wrote of their adventures. I don't care how wild it is. The next spring, Anderson took him down. Goldwater made a color film of the trip and sent Anderson a print. Anderson showed it when he spoke to sportsman's clubs and chambers of commerce.
Outfitters still run the river today.
The Salmon River country is protected as wilderness by federal legislation. As history evolves, it presents its ironies. Float traffic on the river eventually became heavy enough that visitors needed to use special techniques to obliterate the traces of their visits. Instead of dumping fire ashes into the river, which also meant pull tabs and bits of aluminum in the river, campers leave ashes in place and build the next fire on top of them. Eventually, the ash becomes extremely fine and powdery, easy to pack out.