The Smith River

An hour outside Redwoods National Park you’ll pass the snaking Smith River, at once wild and dramatically fresh-looking. On my few trips past this river, I noted just how clear and clean it looks from the window of the car, while driving on the windy, rocky road. To my astonishment, the river’s pristine clarity isn’t for nothing. The Smith, it seems, is the last un-dammed river in all of California. Free flowing, That’s a... Read More