A Holiday Gift List For National Park Travelers
What do you get for that national park lover in the family? The options are more diverse than you might imagine.
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 7th, 2010 1:15am
Glacier National Park
Glacier National Park Fund Distributes Nearly $200,000 For Park Projects
A dozen projects ranging from winter ecology programming to connecting kids with nature in Glacier National Park are sharing nearly $200,000 in funds from the Glacier National Park Fund.
- By Kurt Repanshek - November 4th, 2010 3:15am
How Might Fatal Attack By Mountain Goat Change Backcountry Dynamics in National Parks?
Mountain goats have been described as "supreme mountaineers," can appear somewhat professorial in appearance with their goatees, and have uncanny agility. Now, in the tragic wake of a hiker being fatally gored in the Olympic National Park backcountry, some might also describe them as killers.
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 24th, 2010 3:15am
What Every Visitor to Glacier National Park Needed to Know … in 1920
Glacier National Park's centennial year is winding down, so the Traveler thought it might be both fun and enlightening to take a peek at a pair of park brochures from the early years of the park. It's pretty clear from these excerpts that life in the park was just a bit different in 1912 and 1920 than it is today.
- By Jim Burnett - October 19th, 2010 9:08am
Reader Participation Day: Can We Afford to Save All Historic Lodges in National Parks?
Whether you hold a sentimental tie to national park lodgings, or look at them nostalgically, can we afford to hold onto all historic lodge facilities in the National Park System?
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 6th, 2010 3:15am
National Park Hospitality Association Wants More Lodging In The Parks
There are units of the National Park System, such as Canyonlands, North Cascades, and Great Smoky Mountains national parks, just to name three, that have little or no lodging within their borders. It's just such a lack of facilities, believes Derrick Crandall, that serves as a drag on visitation to the park system.
Crandall Testimony 9-23-10.pdf
- By Kurt Repanshek - October 4th, 2010 9:34am
New Director in National Park Service's Intermountain Region Looking Forward to Challenges
John Wessels finds himself in arguably one of the best jobs in the National Park Service, that as director of the agency's sprawling Intermountain Region, and yet there probably aren't many who envy him at this point.
- By Kurt Repanshek - January 19th, 2011 12:45pm
Body of Missing Angler at Glacier National Park Found in Lake McDonald
The body of a missing angler in Glacier National Park was pulled from the cold waters of Lake McDonald on Friday, four days after he was reported missing.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 24th, 2010 5:03pm
No Clues in Disappearance of Angler in Glacier National Park
Another day of searching Thursday failed to turn up any clues in Glacier National Park as to what happened to an angler who had planned to be gone for a few hours but never was seen again.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 23rd, 2010 7:43pm
Search Under Way for Missing Angler In Glacier National Park
A search continued Wednesday afternoon for a 30-year-old Montana man who failed to return from a fishing trip in Glacier National Park.
- By Kurt Repanshek - September 22nd, 2010 3:37pm
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