If you’ve missed out on the opportunity to float in Montana’s Smith River State Park this year, you’re not the only one. The Smith River offers a unique floating experience as it stretches 59 miles of ...

Deadline to apply for Smith River float is Feb. 15 Permit applications to float the Smith River will be accepted through Feb. 15. The permit drawing will be held on Feb. 21. Celebrated for its ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. If the Smith River were a medical patient, its doctors now have in hand a series of studies ...

A shimmer of summer came to light Thursday after the Montana State Parks Department announced that permit applications to float the Smith River will become available on Jan. 2. Permits are needed to ...

Excavators could take a bite out of Meagher County’s pioneering history this spring if Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks’ plans for restoration of a section of the South Fork Smith River begin as planned ...

With winter winds blowing and Christmas lights blazing, it's easy to forget that Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks will begin accepting applications to float the Smith River on Jan. 3, 2005. This popular ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. After a round of cooler temperatures and rain in recent weeks in much of southwest Montana, state ...

If the Smith River were a medical patient, its doctors now have in hand a series of studies showing its health problems — higher June water temperatures, reduced water quantity and degraded habitat.