Glacier Park news

Park volunteers

The Glacier National Park Volunteer Associates will hold their annual work day and meeting starting at the Community Building at Park Headquarters on Saturday, May 16, at 8:30 a.m. The meeting is open to members and the general public interested in volunteer projects in Glacier Park. Following a continental breakfast, volunteers will work on selected short work projects, including at the native plant nursery, Lower McDonald Creek boat launch and Avalanche Campground buildings. Bring a sack lunch. For more information, contact Nancy Barrus at 406-387-4516 or nbarrus1033@gmail.com.

Avalanche talk

Erich Peitzsch, a physical scientist with U.S. Geological Service, director of the Flathead Avalanche Center and an avalanche specialist for Glacier National Park’s Going-to-the-Sun Road snowplow crews, will give a talk on “Understanding Dragons: Avalanches in Glacier National Park” at Montana House in Apgar Village on Saturday, April 25, at 4 p.m. There will be a reception after the presentation. Make reservations by calling 888-5393.

Bear meeting

The Flathead National Forest will host the upcoming spring Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem grizzly bear management meeting at the Hungry Horse Ranger District Office in Hungry Horse on Wednesday, May 6, from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. There will be updates from NCDE members on the Draft NCDE Grizzly Bear Conservation Strategy, work plans for the coming year, educational tools, bear mortality rates for 2014 and bear management spring activity. For more information, contact the NCDE chairwoman Deb Mucklow at 406-387-3800 or visit online at www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/species/mammals/grizzly/continentalindex.html.