More than a quarter-billion dollars has been committed this fiscal year to address National Park System infrastructure needs as diverse as critical bridge repairs, sewer system fixes, and trail work deep underground. But the list of projects, and their costs, released Wednesday by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke raised questions concerning funding sources and approved projects.

Moving at a rapid pace to see the Sperry Chalet rebuilt as soon as possible, the National Park Service has committed to rebuilding the historic lodge in place in the backcountry of Glacier National Park.

Interior Department officials, who support the recovery of grizzly bears in the North Cascades ecosystem but are being sued for moving to remove Yellowstone ecosystem grizzlies from Endangered Species Act protections, are calling for a review into whether Northern Continental Divide grizzlies should be removed from the Endangered Species List, a move that would affect Glacier National Park's bears.

With rock taken from a nearby talus slope and fir, cedar, and pine trees downed from the surrounding forests, craftsmen in 1913-14 raised the two-story Sperry Chalet near the lip of a cirque with a panoramic view into the heart of Glacier National Park.