Glacier Park news

Prescribed burn

Glacier National Park officials will conduct a prescribed burn in the Big Prairie area inside the Park’s North Fork area sometime in May, depending on weather and fuel conditions. About 175 acres about four miles north of Polebridge will be burned to reduce lodgepole pine regeneration, which is encroaching on the native prairie grassland. Managers hope to remove some lodgepole with fire and improve the growth of native grasses and shrubs. For more information, contact Park fire manager Dave Soleim at 406-888-5803.

Climate change

A film about global climate change, “Chasing Ice,” will be shown at the O’Shaughnessy Center in Whitefish on Saturday, April 27, at 7:30 p.m. The presentation will be followed by a panel discussion about climate change impacts in Glacier National Park with former Park superintendent Chas Cartwright, former Park science director Jack Potter, U.S. Geological Survey glacier scientist Dan Fagre and Park fish biologist Clint Muhlfeld. Admission is $5.

Park history

Glacier National Park museum curator Deirdre Shaw will present a free talk on “Not Just an Admiring Audience: Tales of Women in Glacier” — stories about female residents and visitors who faced the challenges presented by the Park’s weather, topography and isolation — at the Montana House in Apgar Village on Saturday, April 27, at 4 p.m. Shaw has worked at Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site and Death Valley National Park and has managed the Park’s museum collection since 1990. To RSVP or for more information, call 888-5393 or e-mail 1960mthouse@qwestoffice.net.

Park birding

The Flathead Audubon will host a birding trip in Glacier National Park limited to 20 people on Saturday, May 25, from 8 a.m. to noon. The focus will be on migrants, including harlequin ducks, vireos, warblers, black-backed woodpeckers, olive-sided flycatchers and northern hawk owls. For more information, call Steve Gniadek at 892-7406.