Aug 06 2012
A “Red Flag” fire weather warning has been posted for the Flathead/Glacier area as well as the general region. Basically, the weather service is calling for hot, dry conditions with a chance of dry lightening from thunderstorms passing through the area. Here’s the text: KOOTENAI-FLATHEAD/GLACIER PARK-WEST LOLO- SALISH AND KOOTENAI RESERVATION- 425 AM MDT MON [...]
Mar 15 2012
This week, Larry passes along a story about Norton Pearl, one of the early Glacier Park rangers . . . During the winter of 1913, Park ranger Norton Pearl completely circled Glacier National Park on snowshoes. His story, used here with permission from his daughter, Dorothy, tells a lot about the early day rangers. They [...]
Jan 31 2012
Scott Emmerich, North Fork District Ranger, sent out the following announcement a couple of days ago concerning the upcoming Interlocal Meeting in Glacier Park . . . We’re trying to go “paperless” with our Interlocal Meeting notifications this winter. It would be helpful to me if you’d spread the word to those in your [...]
Dec 21 2010
(Note: This is the full text of a public letter signed by six former superintendents of Waterton and Glacier Parks encouraging the U.S. and Canadian governments to complete passage of legislation intended to enhance protections for the parks, including the U.S. North Flathead Protection Act currently stuck in a year-end Senate logjam.) One hundred years [...]
Jun 30 2010
Those of you accustomed to looping through Glacier Park to avoid the southern part of the North Fork Road may encounter some delays this summer. They will be chip sealing just about all the pavement in the park, with the exception of Going-to-the-Sun Road. They’ll also be doing road striping and some clean-up work. Chip [...]
Dec 04 2009
Folks, you have got to check out the photos from Chris Peterson’s “100 days in Glacier National Park” project. Related reading/viewing . . . Lido Vizutti of the Flathead Beacon has a nice write-up. Boston.com’s “The Big Picture” section has a nice selection from the series at somewhat better resolution than the ones in Chris [...]
Oct 28 2009
Although the Missoulian posted some initial coverage of last month’s visit by a U.N. scientific delegation investigating mining and other resource development threats to Waterton-Glacier Park, the only local paper that paid significant attention to the subject was the Hungry Horse News — a fact that slipped past your friendly webweenie. Herewith are lead-ins and [...]
Sep 22 2009
We’re starting to see more complete news coverage of this week’s visit by a U.N. scientific delegation investigating mining and other resource development threats to Waterton-Glacier Park. The Missoulian posted an excellent article on the first day’s activities very early this morning. Here’s the lead-in . . . A team of scientists from the United [...]
Sep 21 2009
A UN delegation is scheduled to visit Glacier National Park this week and locations in the Canadian Flathead as part of UNESCO’s investigation into threats to Waterton-Glacier Park posed by coal mining and other proposed extractive activities. So far, the only recent news is a short, uninformative AP article. No further information yet. We’ll post [...]
Aug 24 2009
From today’s online edition of the Flathead Beacon . . . The deaths of two grizzly bears in Glacier National Park last week has caused a stir in western Montana as bear biologists evaluate the park’s decision to remove a mother and two of her cubs. Biologist Charles Jonkel of the Great Bear Foundation in [...]
