An Open Letter To Interior Secretary Jewell: End Helicopter Overflights At Glacier National Park
An open letter to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to bring an end to helicopter overflights at Glacier National Park.
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Grizzly Bear Monitoring In Glacier National Park Next Week
If you plan to be in Glacier National Park in Montana next week, be careful where you go, as biologists will be monitoring grizzly bears in the park and that requires some bear trapping.
- By NPT Staff - April 30th, 2016 3:00am
Glacier National Park Slowly Letting Go Of Winter
Memorial Day weekend is still weeks away, but winter slowly is releasing its grip on Glacier National Park in Montana, wherethe Many Glacier and Chief Mountain roads have been opened to vehicles for the summer. Visitors are welcome to drive the 8-mile Many Glacier Road as far as the Many Glacier Campground. The Swiftcurrent Nature Trail loop on the valley floor is open in its entirety with parking available at Grinnell Picnic area.
- By NPT Staff - April 25th, 2016 10:22am
Construction Will Limit Availability At Many Glacier Hotel This Year
Booking a room at the historic Many Glacier Hotel in Glacier National Park will be even tougher than usual this year, and those who get a reservation will encounter closed-off areas and noise related to a $13.6 million construction project.
- By NPT Staff - April 17th, 2016 2:30am
Going-To-The-Sun Road At Glacier National Park Open To Hikers, Cyclists
For the next several weeks hikers and cyclists will pretty much have the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park to themselves, as wheeled vehicles are banned while plowing to open the entire 50-mile road continues.
- By NPT Staff - April 10th, 2016 2:30am
Court Rules Fish And Wildlife Service Erred By Finding Wolverines Didn't Need Endangered Species Act Protection
A federal judge has determined the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service erred by not fully considering climate-change impacts and genetic isolation when it decided wolverines did not need Endangered Species Act protection.
National Park Service Uses Arlington Memorial Bridge To Highlight Maintenance Backlog Woes
Having already announced earlier this year that the maintenance backlog across the National Park System is closing in on $12 billion, the National Park Service is now highlighting the structural problems with the Arlington Memorial Bridge in Washington, D.C., in a bid to raise congressional awareness of the problems.
Duke University Hosts New Institute To Help Preserve National Park Landscapes
An institute being formed at Duke University in North Carolina hopes to improve the health of the National Park System through research, education, and public outreach.
- By NPT Staff - March 6th, 2016 3:00am
There Are Rapids, And Then There Are Name-Brand Rapids
What’s in a name? Well, when you hear Hance, the Big Drop, Lost Paddle, or Lava Falls, we’re talking about some of the largest, craziest river rapids in our national parks. Interesting names, for sure, but how do they rate? We posed this question to our river rats: What are the best rapids in the parks? They came up with quite a list. So, if you’re looking for exciting and death-defying whitewater in the parks…
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 28th, 2016 3:00am
Congressmen Call For More Wi-Fi In Parks, But Can National Park Service Manage It?
A small handful of days before the National Park Service announced that its maintenance backlog had crept up to nearly $12 billion, five congressmen called for more funding for Internet connectivity in the National Park System. But here's the rub: Can the National Park Service easily provide that service if told to provide it? The experts don't think so.
- By Kurt Repanshek - February 8th, 2016 2:30am
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