May 31 2009
Last Tuesday’s Globe and Mail carried an article on the move to place Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park on the UN list of endangered World Heritage Sites due to the proposed Cline Coal Mine in the Canadian Flathead and other possible resource extraction activities in that area. (Thanks to Will Hammerquist of the National Parks Conservation [...]
May 30 2009
I’ve you’ve lost track of the administrative and legal status of the infamous national forest “roadless rule,” you’re not alone. The Obama administration has effectively reinstated it — sort of — for a year while they figure things out. Here’s the lede from the Associated Press article as published in yesterday’s online Flathead Beacon . [...]
May 20 2009
From today’s online edition of the Daily Inter Lake . . .
On the eve of its centennial year, Glacier National Park is primed for a long overdue wilderness designation, Glacier Superintendent Chas Cartwright said Tuesday at a Kalispell Chamber of Commerce luncheon.
Read the entire article . . .
May 17 2009
From this week’s online edition of the Hungry Horse News . . .
Sen. Max Baucus last week said he would push to have the North Fork of the Flathead designated as a World Heritage Site in Danger, a dubious distinction as Glacier National Park turns 100 next year.
The North Fork will see the international limelight [...]
May 12 2009
Another sure sign of spring: A new bear study.
From today’s Daily Inter Lake . . .
A new and expansive effort to monitor the Northern Continental Divide’s grizzly bear population will capitalize on a creature comfort for bears: the irresistible urge to scratch their backs on trees.
The research project mainly will be aimed at determining whether [...]
May 09 2009
According to an article in yesterday’s Daily Inter Lake, many of Glacier National Park’s lower altitude roads are now open. This includes the Camas Road and the inside North Fork Road from the Polebridge entrance north to Big Prairie.
May 04 2009
This whole wolf thing is getting a little confusing, but here’s the latest, as posted in today’s Flathead Beacon . . .
Wolves in parts of the Northern Rockies and the Great Lakes region come off the endangered species list Monday — opening the way for public hunting of the animals to begin in some states [...]
May 02 2009
Here’s an interesting entry from the North Fork Landowners’ Association Road Committee’s February minutes:
Dave Prunty has inquired about landowners’ interest in narrowing the section of gravel road from the end of the blacktop to Camas Creek Road. It is currently 40 plus feet wide and the proposal is to narrow it to a 24-foot width. [...]
May 02 2009
Besides the general infrastructure money announced a little over a week ago, Glacier National Park is getting $27.6 million in federal stimulus funding for repairs to Going-to-the-Sun Road. It will be used for work on the section between Big Bend and Logan Pass during next year’s construction season.
Yesterday’s Daily Inter Lake had the initial coverage. [...]
