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.
Glacier looks to have transportation plan done by 2026
Glacier National Park hopes to have a long-term transportation/visitation plan by winter 2026, park officials said…
Park hopes to find fishers in study
Every year, Glacier National Park biologist John Waller gets about a half-dozen reports from people who claim to have seen a fisher in the Park.
Park budget might include inholding purchase
President Obama’s 2013 budget proposal could help Glacier National Park acquire 120 acres of private property inside the Park’s boundary.
Park volunteer takes own life in house explosion
The Kalispell man who died in a house explosion at 2:15 a.m. on Friday, March 9, had ties to Glacier National Park as a volunteer with the Glacier National Park Associates, a nonprofit volunteer group that renovate…
Tester hopeful to see Park funding
Montana Sen. Jon Tester said last week that a comprehensive federal highway bill could come out of the Senate in the next couple of weeks.
Park visitors spent $108 million locally in 2010
Massive peaks, huge lakes, ancient trees — and an economic wallop to boot.
Glacier Park shuttle bus service has its problems
Work on the Going-to-the-Sun Road has topped $110 million and there’s still about $50 million to $60 million left to be completed, Glacier National Park superi…
Park art contest winners announced
Maggie McKeon, of West Glacier School, and Cailtyn Long, of Columbia Falls Junior High School, were among the 12 winners of Glacier National Park's postcard and annual park pass artwork contest.
Park proposes bolstering Quartz Creek fish barrier
Glacier National Park biologists would like to build up an existing fish barrier on Quartz Creek to keep more non-native lake trout from entering the Quartz Lake drainage.
Belly River ranger cabin damaged by storm
Fierce winter winds have heavily damaged the historic Belly River Ranger Station cabin in Glacier National Park. All told, about a quarter of the cabin's roof …
Park wants closer scrutiny of oil drilling
Glacier National Park is calling for a more thorough environmental review of oil and gas exploration on Blackfeet Tribal lands.
Wolf populations had humble beginnings
The revival of wolf populations in Northwest Montana likely had its genesis with a single pack just north of Glacier National Park.
Photographer's eyes on reservation oil rigs
In 2009, the first new oil exploration on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation began, just a few miles from Glacier National Park and the Rocky Mountain Front.
Bird counters encounter low snow
A red-necked grebe, a few green-winged teal - those were just some of the more unusual bird sightings during Glacier National Park's Christmas Bird Count held …
Investigation completed on HQ remodel
Glacier National Park officials say they've "learned lessons" from a "near miss" asbestos exposure to employees when the Park's headquarters building was remodeled in 2010.
Scouts complete 100 miles for 100 years
Five Columbia Falls Boy Scouts traveled 100 miles in Glacier National Park by bicycle, foot and raft in 2010.