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Glacier National Park Gains Tools For Managing Sun Road Visitors

Growing crowds year after year are not only making it harder and harder to find parking spots at popular locations in your favorite national park, but solitude along some trails is also more difficult to find, and resources are being impacted. Nowhere in Glacier National Park is this more obvious than along the Going-to-the-Sun Road corridor, where one day soon you might have to reserve parking at Logan Pass or return at another time to hike to Avalanche Lake.

Pilot Project Tackles Wildlife Train Deaths In Banff National Park

It’s not your usual image of Banff National Park, but it is captivating in its own way. In the background, there’s a faint blur of a train barreling down a wilderness track on top of a grassy, sloped hill. In the foreground, a young black bear — caught with its hind legs on the ground and its front legs suspended in mid-air — races to safety through an opening in the thick brush.
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Photography In The National Parks: The Art Of Patience

You’ve heard the sayings “patience is a virtue,” and “patience has its rewards.” Patience is, indeed, a virtue that produces photographic rewards in a national park, if you have the time for it. Photographer Rebecca Latson explains why you *should* take the time to practice some patience behind the tripod, and how that virtue can yield great shots and more.

Searching For Glaciers In The National Parks

It’s no secret glaciers are retreating due to global warming trends. Different federal agencies have set up glacial monitoring programs to track these changes in the national parks. But don’t fret about a total disappearance of glaciers just yet. There are national parks in both the U.S. and Canada where you can still see, and even stand on, a glacier.

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