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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Excavators could take a bite out of Meagher County’s pioneering history this spring if Montana ...

A cutthroat trout caught on a western Montana river. (Photo by Blair Miller, Daily Montanan) Recent cooler temperatures at the end of August across western Montana has prompted Montana Fish, Wildlife ...

HELENA (AP) - State park officials are seeking increases for state parks and campgrounds, a proposal that includes doubling fees for access to the Smith River. The state Department of Fish, Wildlife ...

People love to float the Smith River in central Montana. "It's a great family trip," said Sar Daugherty of Missoula. "I've probably done it 10 times. It's pretty much a family-and-friend float, and it ...

You can float back in time on Montana's Smith River. Ancient art on the Smith's steep limestone canyon walls and inside its large caves provides a glimpse into the river's prehistoric past, visions ...