Getting Glacier Open with Brian Paul

Wednesday, April 26, 2023 at 6:30PM MTGetting Glacier Open with Brian Paul Details: The annual process of getting Glacier National Park facilities open for millions of summer visitors is a […]

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Glacier Book Club: Last Stand

From the author of the #1 bestselling book, The Revenant, comes the story of the American West through the lens of the bison. Over the last three decades of the nineteenth century, 30 million buffalo were reduced to twelve. Into that maelstrom rode young George Bird Grinnell. A scientist, journalist, hunter and conservationist, Grinnell would lead the battle to save this species. Last Stand is the story of the death of the old West, and the birth of the conservation movement.

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Glacier Book Club: A Sharp Solitude

A Glacier mystery novel from The Wild Inside author Christine Carbo, A Sharp Solitude is the story of of two damaged souls running from the past. Propulsive and suspenseful, this book shows that we can never outrun our demons, even in the vast, indomitable wild.

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Glacier Book Club: The Grizzly in the Driveway

Mixing fast-paced storytelling with rich details about the hidden lives of grizzly bears, Montana journalist Robert Chaney chronicles the resurgence of this charismatic species against the backdrop of the country’s long history with the bear. Chaney captures the clash between groups with radically different visions: ranchers frustrated at losing livestock, environmental advocates, hunters, and conservation and historic preservation officers of tribal nations. Underneath, he probes the balance between our demands on nature and our tolerance for risk. 

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Glacier Book Club: The Civilian Conservation Corps in Glacier National Park

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), one of the most successful of all New Deal programs, was heavily involved in creating and improving the infrastructure of Glacier National Park. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt visited in August 1934 and gave one of his famous radio "fireside chats" from the park, in which he praised the efforts of the CCC in helping improve the country's national parks. Chapters examine CCC camp life, the nature of the work carried out by the CCC boys, structures built in the park by the CCC, and FDR's visit.

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