Glacier Park to host community meetings

Glacier National Park is hosting two community meetings to share information about park activities and provide an opportunity for personal dialogue between park management and local community members and neighbors.  

A west-side meeting will take place Tuesday, May 15, 5:30-7 p.m. at Discovery Square in Columbia Falls and an east-side meeting will be Wednesday, May 16 from 3-4:30 p.m. at the Glacier Park Lodge in East Glacier.  

The format of the meeting will include presentations by Glacier National Park Superintendent Chas Cartwright and Deputy Superintendent Kym Hall.

Following the presentations, there will be a question and answer period and opportunity for informal conversations.  

Cartwright and Hall will share updates regarding 2012 park programs, including Going-to-the-Sun Road Rehabilitation, spring plowing, Apgar Transit Center Parking Lot Expansion, aquatic invasive species management, Lake McDonald Cabin Management Plan, and the role of social media plays with the park.

The park uses social media sites like Facebook to extend it’s reach oustide the park. Glacier National Park recently surpassed 100,000 “likes” on the park’s page, which was opened in 2009.

Community members are encouraged to attend and learn more about what’s happening at the park.