Glacier Park
What's happening in Glacier Park today? For information and details regarding Glacier Park and featured stories about the area, see our articles below.
Grinnell’s Glacier: A look at the man behind the Glacier National Park landmarks
George Bird Grinnell – “The Father of Glacier National Park” – was born Sept. 30, 1849, in Brooklyn, New York to G…
For bat researchers, tender is the night
When the pulchritudinous song of the Swainson’s thrush stops, that’s when Lisa Bate knows it’s time to raise the nets.
Groups threaten lawsuit over Gunsight Lake bull trout plan
Two environmental groups have filed a 60-day notice of intent to sue the Park Service over plans to introduce bull trout into Gunsight Lake in Glacier National…
Pitamakan: On this day, a nice place for a nap
The nice thing about Glacier National Park’s new Wilderness Backcountry Permit system is it lets you see what’s available in advance, so even if you didn’t boo…
Howe Lake and beyond ... Biological diversity abounds on this relatively short journey
Sometimes you do a hike in Glacier National Park for the fun of it and other times they become an exploratory mission. Sunday’s hike on the Howe Lake Fire Trai…
Thinking of climbing Chief Mountain? Think again as Blackfeet enforcing closure
Tribal leaders are again enforcing a decades-old closure of Chief Mountain after recent tourist activity disturbed cultural and spiritual practices there.
Belly Up: When things go south in a beautiful place, you just roll with it
It’s amazing how things can go south in a hurry. (By the way, why do things ‘Go south?” couldn’t they just as easily go north or west or east? I suppose going …
Court gives neighbors say in Glacier National Park inholder lawsuit
A group of West Glacier residents have been given intervenor status in a federal case involving a private home that many charge was built illegally on the bank…
Conservancy tops $23.5 million in giving back to Glacier National Park
The Glacier National Park Conservancy has dedicated about $3.5 million toward supporting a host of projects, research and educational programs in Glacier Natio…
Waterton Lakes National Park bans fishing in rivers and streams; no outside nonmotorized craft, either
Waterton Lakes National Park in Canada will not allow any fishing in moving waters this season. In addition, all non-motorized watercraft from outside park bou…
Yesterdays: Wild turkeys
Twenty-eight wild turkeys were captured in Roundup and transplanted in Eureka by Montana Fish and Game.
As snow and ice melts, Glacier Park seeing new lakes
As global warming continues to shrink glaciers and ice fields in Glacier National Park, another feature is growing on the landscape — small lakes from the melt…
For Glacier’s iconic goats, snow proves solace from bugs
Research by scientists Forest P. Hayes and Joel Berger found that goats aren’t heading for the snow to cool off — they’re heading for the snow for relief from …
Zinke cuts to Glacier resos pass House, but visitation up anyway
Glacier National Park visitation was up over last year through September, but if a Republican-controlled Congress has its way, funding for the iconic park coul…
Study examines bighorn interactions, disease implications
A study of bighorn sheep herds in the St. Mary and Waterton Lakes drainages draws some fascinating insight into the animals’ movements and interactions through…