Applications for a permit to float the Smith River will be available beginning Jan. 2 and accepted through Feb. 15. The permit drawing will be held on Feb. 19, 2025. Permits are required to float the ...

Applications for a permit to float the Smith River began on Jan. 2, and will be accepted through Feb. 15. The permit drawing will be held on Feb. 19.

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is accepting permit applications starting on Jan. 2 to float the Smith River. Applications will be accepted through Feb. 15, with a drawing held on Feb. 19.

Smith River floaters, and applicants for float permits, are helping to fund restoration work, as well as the planning document, Geik said. “There’s no better way to spend those permit fees ...

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.