Glacier National Park officials are inviting the general public this summer to help the park track and study important species of concern through its citizen science program. The program allows participants to explore the park and learn about important park resources while collecting valuable data for park managers.
What do you think of the National Park Service efforts to extend cellphone coverage in the National Park System. While phone coverage is nice, it also increases the amount of social media activity in the parks, which is not always so nice.
During the summer, forest fires may occur within Glacier National Park, Montana. The smoke from these fires can make it difficult to see panoramic mountain views, but sunrises (and sunsets) can be amazing.
Vehicle access to the Many Glacier area of Glacier National Park traverses a road long in need of substantial repairs, and while patchwork efforts have addressed some of the most serious needs, it will be another year before significant rehabilitation of the road will get under way.
Volcanics, no solar eclipse, and wildfires no doubt all played a role in the decline of visitation to the National Park System in 2018, when slightly more than 318 million visits were recorded, a drop of 13 million from the year before.
Glacier National Park officials are looking at a busy year of planning, with projects ranging from managing historic properties to conserving Westslope cutthroat trout on their to-do list. With that hefty list on the drawing board, they'll be looking for public comments on how to proceed.
In this week's edition of National Parks Traveler, host Kurt Repanshek discusses lodging in the National Park System with David and Kay Scott, authors of The Complete Guide to the National Park Lodges, updates congressional efforts to whittle away the park system's nearly $12 billion maintenance backlog, and reviews a once-in-a-lifetime visit to Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.