Jan 15 2012
Here’s a little North Fork area search and rescue action . . . Two cross-country skiers were rescued Sunday from the remote North Fork area of Glacier National Park after spending the night lost and stranded in the backcountry during a winter storm. A husband and wife from Kalispell, ages 46 and 39 respectively, sent [...]
Dec 09 2011
Glacier National Park is shifting over to winter mode. The park is not closed by any means; there’s still plenty to see and do. A couple of online publications have excellent articles on Glacier’s winter operations, including fees, activities and facilities. The National Parks Traveler has a very complete write up, whereas the Flathead Beacon [...]
Nov 09 2011
Here’s an interesting article from the Hungry Horse News on the shifting climate in Glacier National Park . . . Precipitation in Glacier National Park over the past few decades is up about 14 percent, but the Park is actually drier in many respects, with streams hitting low flows earlier than usual and wildfires occurring [...]
Nov 01 2011
From today’s Missoulian . . . Scientists who monitor the effects of global warming are watching glaciers shrink all over the world, but this year could be an exception in parts of the Rocky Mountains. Snow is already piling up in the high country, but not all of the unusually deep snow from last winter [...]
Oct 12 2011
From the Missoulian . . . Despite a legacy of conservation in the Crown of the Continent ecosystem, a biologist told Glacier National Park employees Tuesday that 1.3 million acres of roadless public lands remain vulnerable, and with them a suite of fish and wildlife species… Although the core of the ecosystem is protected by [...]
Oct 04 2011
An interesting article on rare, cold-water insect species found in Glacier National Park and, if you read carefully, the North Fork . . . Slowly but surely, Joe Giersch has been scouring streams below glaciers and snowfields in Glacier National Park for rare and mysterious aquatic insects that in some cases haven’t been detected anywhere [...]
Sep 28 2011
An important story posted to this week’s Hungry Horse News concerning the so-called “National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act.” Recommended reading . . . Glacier National Park’s border with Canada is marked by broad prairies and majestic mountains. A bill in Congress co-sponsored by Rep. Dennis Rehberg could conceivably allow the Department of Homeland [...]
Sep 21 2011
From this week’s Hungry Horse News . . . A new Web site created by the National Parks Conservation Association aims to expose some of the threats facing Glacier National Park. ProtectGlacier.com keeps an eye on the Park’s environmental news and showcases legislation NPCA and other partners support, most notably the North Fork Watershed Protection [...]
Sep 01 2011
The Daily Inter Lake has a pretty interesting report on the progress being made to remove invasive lake trout from Quartz Lake in Glacier National Park . . . It’s been rough and wearying work plying the waters of Glacier National Park’s remote Quartz Lake for unwanted lake trout, but the effort appears promising so [...]
Sep 01 2011
Many of you already got an email from the National Parks Conservation Association announcing the opening of the “Protect Glacier” website. For those who haven’t seen the big announcement yet, here it is: More than 30 years ago, fans of Glacier National Park were alarmed to learn of Canadian coal mining plans that would tear [...]
