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Montana's Smith River is one of the most iconic waterways in the Lower 48 United States.  Photo :  Jim Klug Outdoor Photography

Montana's Smith River is one of the most iconic waterways in the Lower 48 United States. Photo: Jim Klug Outdoor Photography

Mining Proposal on the Smith

Sarah Grigg April 16, 2014

Publication: Field and Stream
Date: April 2014

Montana's Smith River is perhaps one of the most iconic waterways in the Lower 48. Offering 60 miles of limited river access, permits to float this pristine stretch of water are limited to an annual lottery system. Recent mine exploration permitting on Sheep Creek, the most critical trout spawning tributary, was recently challenged by several Montana environmental groups. Read my post for Field and Stream's Fieldnotes here.

Tags Field and Stream, Smith River, Montana, Mining, Copper Mine
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I came West in 2003 because of a college professor, wily ol’ McDaniel, a guy who lived in canoe villages with Peruvian tribes, wrote books on turkey hunting, worked as a fishing guide on the Henry’s Fork in Idaho in summers. I sat in his Anthropology 101 course and listened to him talk endlessly of fishing and bird hunting, trout and toms, more rainbows and more ringtails: “Now, what do you suppose this means: ‘The dinks are on the PMD spinners?’ This is a fine example of patois in the context of the fly fishing community, local language that anthropologists have to crack and decode, even learn to use themselves. Any guesses?” We hadn’t a clue what he was talking about. . On occasion McDaniel took students West with him for seminars. One of his students died in Yellowstone during a weekend off. Paul, his name was Paul. It was June 1985. Paul and a friend embarked from the Slough Creek trail toward Cutoff Peak. For reasons unknown, they decided to split ways onto separate routes and meet at the summit. Paul’s hiking partner reached the peak and waited, but Paul never showed. The friend eventually set out to find him and located his tracks in a snowfield on a spur of Cutoff Mountain. Two days later, NPS Search and Rescue found Paul’s body at the base of a cliff. He had slipped over and died upon impact. . In Paul’s honor, his parents and McDaniel created a fund to support students from the university to work as interns for the Henry’s Fork Foundation (HFF). One day, McDaniel asked our class who wanted in, who wanted to study trout on the mighty Henry’s Fork, the greatest of great fly-fishing rivers on the planet? I did. . In 2003, I was an A. Paul Knight Intern with HFF and spent a season researching trout. That experience led to some of the most amazing life experiences I could ever ask for, from researching grizzlies and wolverines to becoming a writer and meeting some of the wildest characters of the West and the world. It’s funny how the death of one person in the 1980s that took place thousands of miles away from where you were at that time can impact your life so profoundly. This year, I’m honored to join HFF as a board member. #henrysfork #idaho #paul

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