Aug 21, 2026 | Featured, General, Project Update, Projects That Need Your Support
On a Wednesday morning in July on the Hidden Lake Trail, a ranger in green and gray hikes up the boardwalk, stopping to talk with nearly everyone headed up from Logan Pass. What are your plans for the day? How much water do you have? Are you carrying bear spray? The...
Jul 27, 2026 | Featured, General, Project Update, Projects That Need Your Support
Ask a ranger at Logan Pass where the restrooms are, and you will get an answer. Ask what habitat bears use or whether the Hidden Lake Trail is a good idea today, and you might just get a new perspective. That second kind of exchange has a name inside the National Park...
Apr 27, 2026 | Featured, General, Project Update, Projects That Need Your Support
A mountain goat on the cliffs is one of the most iconic sights in Glacier. What many people don’t realize is despite being a North American alpine species, mountain goats are extremely sensitive to a warming climate. They are high-elevation animals with little room to...
Mar 26, 2026 | Employee Feature, General
The Glacier National Park Conservancy is pleased to announce the appointment of Tagen Vine as its next leader, effective later this spring. Tagen succeeds Doug Mitchell, who is retiring after nine years of dedicated service to the Conservancy. Tagen brings over three...
Jan 30, 2026 | General, Project Update, Projects That Need Your Support
A flourishing ecosystem allows diverse wildlife to thrive within Glacier National Park. Glacier’s pristine mountain streams are the ideal breeding habitat for harlequin ducks, a waterbird that thrives in fast-flowing, cold streams where they breed and raise their...
Nov 21, 2025 | Employee Feature, General
Oberlin sunset By Mallory Ignasiak If there’s one person I should thank for pushing me to come to Glacier, it would have to be my dad. When I told him that I was interested in trying seasonal work, right away, he mentioned how magical Glacier National Park was...
Nov 7, 2025 | Employee Feature, General
By Michelle Lukach It’s May. I’m packing up my car for the road trip from New Jersey to West Glacier, Montana. I am buzzing with excitement and anticipation for the season to come. I have a long drive ahead of me, but not without a few sightseeing stops along the way....
Oct 24, 2025 | Employee Feature, General
By Christa Heffern It all started in 2021 when I visited Glacier National Park with my sister for a much needed trip to the mountains. I had no idea how important that trip would be or how much it would change me. Something would spark inside me that would alter the...
Oct 10, 2025 | Employee Feature, General
By Tess Henderson If summer of 2025 Tess had been able to tell summer of 2024 Tess that she would spend that next summer working and living in a national park, across the country from her hometown nonetheless, she would have simply thought it was some type of...
Sep 25, 2025 | Employee Feature, General
By Paige Weathers I crane my neck, and keep craning it, as I look up, up, up, following the mountain’s curve with my line of sight. And there it is. The beast of a summit I’m slowly but surely climbing, the trail wrapping back and forth like a ribbon draped over the...
Aug 28, 2025 | General, Project Update, Projects That Need Your Support
Thanks to the incredible generosity of our donors, a new, accessible, and safer section of the Johns Lake Loop Trail is now open. This important project enhances the visitor experience while upholding our commitment to preserving the pristine natural landscape of...
Feb 24, 2025 | Shop & Support
Looking for a little inspiration? Our staff is here to help! We’ve asked our team to pick their favorite items and the results are in! But that’s not all—we’re also giving you a chance to get to know the people behind the picks. In a fun Q&A, the team each shares...
Nov 21, 2024 | General, Project Update, Projects That Need Your Support
Photo: Chris Michaelis “This has been ongoing for years,” Wilderness Field Coordinator Jillian McKenna explains. “Every time a wilderness ranger, our trails foreman, or our program manager would go through that area they would pack a couple of boards out on their...
Oct 24, 2024 | General, Project Update, Projects That Need Your Support
MCC crew members process larvae samples in the field, led by Scientist-in-Park Campbell. On a warm and clear morning, a dedicated team assembles at the Howe Lake trailhead in Glacier National Park: Montana Conservation Corps members, wilderness rangers, and a research...
Oct 15, 2024 | Employee Feature, General
Enjoying the view at the Grinnell Glacier Overlook off the Highline Trail By Brieonna S. I have been lucky enough to spend the past two summer seasons exploring Glacier National Park. Before starting my first season here, I had very little hiking experience. So when...
Oct 3, 2024 | Employee Feature, General
Oberlin at sunset with friends 🙂 By Grace Morgan Starting from my coastal college town 30 ft above sea level to hiking to the top of a mountain over 8,000 ft, I have come a long way from the person I was at the start of the summer. Before I arrived in Glacier the...
Sep 27, 2024 | Shop & Support
Looking for a little inspiration? Our staff is here to help! We’ve asked our warehouse team to pick their favorite items and the results are in! From cozy layers to outdoor essentials, these are the products our staff can’t live without. But that’s not all—we’re also...
Sep 18, 2024 | Employee Feature, General
Swiftcurrent Lookout, 2023 By Molly Raichle Smiling, I greet the approaching couple. Sweat dripping from their foreheads, sipping from their water bladders, we exchange pleasantries. I mindlessly scan the barcodes of their stickers as they reach across the register...
Aug 28, 2024 | General, Project Update, Projects That Need Your Support
A Myotis lucifugus, Little Brown Bat.Geneva Thompson “This is the hardest part of my job”, says biologist Lisa Bate as she examines a Myotis lucifugus. “Finding nipples on a bat”. Lisa performs a thorough examination, weighing the bat, taking measurements, examining...
Jul 26, 2024 | General, Project Update, Projects That Need Your Support
A Clark’s nutcracker perched upon a whitebark pine tree. In the rugged, windswept highlands of western North America, a noisy drama is unfolding. It’s a story of survival, adaptation, and an ancient partnership pushed to its limits. At the heart of this...
Jun 27, 2024 | General, Project Update, Projects That Need Your Support
Grizzly bear in Glacier National Park. Photo: Dave Hopkins “All park visitors want to be rangers, and all rangers want to be bear techs,” jokes Glacier Bear Technician Chris Martin. Thanks to donor support, the Glacier Conservancy is providing funding in 2024 for two...
May 27, 2024 | General, Project Update, Projects That Need Your Support
Moths and other insects gather on a white sheet during the Nocturnal Pollinators Bioblitz. Glacier National Park teems with life, much of which we seldom see, especially once the sun sets. Among these nocturnal wonders are some of the park’s most important...
Apr 26, 2024 | General, Project Update, Projects That Need Your Support
Visitors look through a telescope during an astronomy program at the Dusty Star Observatory. Glacier National Park is a special place for so many reasons: towering mountains, pristine waters, wondrous wildlife, and human history. But sitting in the parking lot of the...
Mar 28, 2024 | General, Project Update, Your Donations At Work
Students practice their photography at Logan Pass. We’re all familiar with the saying “a picture is worth a thousand words”, but this past summer eleven middle school students got to learn what it means firsthand. This experience came from Glacier in Focus, a five day...
The Best Rescues Never Happen: A Day With Glacier’s PSAR RangersAugust 21, 2026
Ask a Ranger: Interpretation in Glacier National ParkJuly 27, 2026
Raising The Roof: Glacier’s School-To-Park ProgramApril 30, 2026
The High Country Count: Tracking Glacier’s Mountain GoatsApril 27, 2026
Introducing Tagen VineMarch 26, 2026
Learning to Count Harlequin DucksFebruary 24, 2026
Preserving Glacier’s Night SkyJanuary 30, 2026
Employee Feature: MalloryNovember 21, 2025
Employee Feature: MichelleNovember 7, 2025
Employee Feature: ChristaOctober 24, 2025