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 [...]
Feb 16 2011
The National Parks Conservation Association issued a press release today praising BC Premier Gordon Campbell for his efforts to protect the Canadian Flathead and, by extension, Waterton and Glacier Parks, as well as the Flathead drainage south of the border. Here’s the lead-in. Read the whole thing to see some familiar local names . . [...]
Aug 19 2010
Dave Hadden, director of Headwaters Montana, Robin Steinkraus, executive director of the Flathead Lakers and Will Hammerquist, program manager for the National Parks Conservation Association’s Glacier Field Office have a nice commentary piece in today’s Flathead Beacon . . . Here in Montana, August brings us the county fair and farm harvests. And this year [...]
Jul 01 2010
The road. Again. This time, the National Parks Conservation Association and Earthjustice are weighing in. From this week’s Hungry Horse News . . . Two environmental groups have laid out a legal case against paving a section of the North Fork Road. The National Parks Conservation Association and Earthjustice have submitted an eight-page letter detailing [...]
Dec 04 2009
From today’s Flathead Beacon . . . If a picture is worth a thousand words, a group of conservation photographers is giving the Flathead an ample voice as an exhibit on the values of and threats to the valley heads to Washington D.C. Read the entire story . . .
Jun 22 2009
In case you missed it on the read-through of the article linked in the previous post, Will Hammerquist of the NPCA and Ryland Nelson of Wildsight “…have established a new Web site, savewatertonglacier.com, and will be blogging from Spain throughout the weeklong meeting, in addition to posting pictures and video from the conference.” There’s already [...]
Jun 22 2009
Here’s an excellent article — with video — that appeared in today’s Missoulian . . . Glacier National Park and its neighbor to the north are endangered by mining proposals, and the international community must intervene to protect the region’s natural and cultural heritage. That’s the message being delivered this week by tribal leaders, community [...]
Jun 21 2009
From today’s online edition of the Missoulian . . . The state of conservation at two Northern Rockies national parks near a place eyed for possible coal mining will be reviewed by a UNESCO committee meeting in Spain this week. Groups that say Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, consisting of a U.S. park and a Canadian [...]
Apr 18 2009
With all the coverage the Trans-boundary Flathead has gotten over the past few weeks, it seemed appropriate to point out that the U.S.-based National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) also has a dog in that fight. They maintain a web page discussing the threats to Glacier Park and the adjoining Flathead River Valley arising from potential [...]
