North Fork Preservation Association

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 [...]

Tags: Denny Rehberg, Glacier National Park, Homeland Security, Jon Tester, National Parks Conservation Association, National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act, Will Hammerquist

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 [...]

Tags: Brian Schweitzer, British Columbia, Dave Hadden, Flathead Lake, Flathead Lakers, Gordon Campbell, Headwaters Montana, Jon Tester, Max Baucus, memorandum of understanding, North Fork Flathead River, NPCA, Robin Steinkraus, Will Hammerquist

Housing in Polebridge is nothing if not eclectic — a motley collection of cabins, a few houses, a trailer or two, a couple of tipis and now, a yurt. The Flathead Beacon has the story . . . Nomads first used yurts as portable homes in the harsh steppes of Central Asia. Now Will Hammerquist [...]

Tags: Polebridge, Will Hammerquist, yurt

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 [...]

Tags: NPCA, Ryland Nelson, UNESCO, United Nations World Heritage Committee, Wildsight, Will Hammerquist

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 [...]

Tags: NPCA, UNESCO, United Nations World Heritage Committee, Will Hammerquist

From the Saturday, December 6, 2008 online edition of the Daily Inter Lake . . . BP Canada on Friday received natural-gas rights for a potential energy project in a segment of British Columbia watched closely by environmental activists in both the province and in Montana. British Columbia granted the rights to BP for its [...]

Tags: BC, BP, BP Canada, British Columbia, British Petroleum, Canadian Flathead, coal-bed methane, coalbed methane, Glacier National Park, Mist Mountain Project, National Parks Conservation Association, Richard Neufeld, Will Hammerquist

Growing up within a bike ride of the Flathead River, I had no idea that my favorite river originated in British Columbia. I just knew that the Flathead River is special and its clean, cold waters were undeniable. . .

Tags: BC, BP, BP Canada, British Columbia, British Petroleum, Canadian Flathead, coal-bed methane, coalbed methane, National Parks Conservation Association, Will Hammerquist