Jul 15, 2019 | General, Project Update, Your Donations At Work
Your generous donations to the Glacier Conservancy provided for the purchase and installation of two ADA compliant water fountain and bottle filling stations in 2019. As a result, every park visitor will have easy, efficient, and safe access to drinking water....
May 31, 2019 | General, Project Update, Your Donations At Work
In the 21st century, technology is changing what being a park ranger looks like. Your support funds the innovative 21st Century Ranger program, helping interns receive invaluable training in several areas associated with wilderness management. Thanks to you, the...
May 7, 2019 | General, Project Update, Your Donations At Work
Native America Speaks is the longest-running indigenous speaker series in the National Park Service. Your support funds over 100 events in Glacier each year, attended by more than 7,500 visitors. This award-winning program provides a unique window into the meaning and...
Apr 18, 2019 | General, Project Update, Your Donations At Work
Your generous donations to the Glacier Conservancy assist the park’s native plant restoration efforts in many ways. Continue reading to find out how the community’s students, volunteers and park partners all collaborate in these efforts. Helping Glacier...
Sep 22, 2015 | Your Donations At Work
The Glacier National Park Conservancy provided the funding and in-kind support to establish the Trail of the Cedars as one of the park’s premier family friendly and accessible trails in Glacier. This trail was one of the first accessible trails completed by the...
Jun 30, 2015 | Your Donations At Work
This project will provide essential data to help the park make informed and long-range resource management decisions on some of the biggest road and trail access issues currently confronting Glacier. Many park projects require elevation and topographic data in order...
Jun 30, 2015 | Your Donations At Work
This project would help the park and the Glacier Conservancy to work with a local university to develop a smartphone application to allow park visitors and staff to report wildlife sightings in the park. The app will allow visitors to pinpoint animal sightings...
Jun 30, 2015 | Your Donations At Work
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Mountain goats are an iconic image of Glacier National Park and people travel from all over the world to view these animals. But how is the growing interaction between humans and mountain goats affecting goat ecology and visitor...
Jun 30, 2015 | Your Donations At Work
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The mountains are the world’s water towers – 70% of the earth’s fresh water is stored in glaciers and ice caps. Once home to 150 glaciers, the park’s 25 remnants are expected to be gone in a few decades. Little is known about...
Jun 30, 2015 | Your Donations At Work
Glacier National Park purchased a fleet of buses nearly 10 years ago to launch its free visitor shuttle program. The initiation of the shuttle system was federally funded. Over 160,000 people utilized the free shuttles last year, reducing road and parking congestion...
Jun 30, 2015 | Your Donations At Work
The 2.5 mile Swiftcurrent Lake Trail in the popular Many Glacier Valley not only has spectacular views but also is relatively flat and can be accessed from the Many Glacier Hotel, as well as the Grinnell Picnic area, making it a great choice to build a new accessible...
Jun 30, 2015 | Your Donations At Work
Six thousand visitors arrive to Logan Pass every day during the few short months it is open each summer and many of them head out on the 1.5 mile trail to the Hidden Lake Overlook to view some of the most spectacular scenery in all of Glacier. However, the alpine...
Jun 30, 2015 | Your Donations At Work
Glacier National Park’s Hidden Lake Trail traverses some of the park’s most spectacular yet fragile alpine meadows. The section of trail from Hidden Lake Overlook to Hidden Lake is becoming increasingly difficult to traverse for visitors and park staff due to lack of...
Jun 30, 2015 | Your Donations At Work
As visitation to Glacier increases, backcountry visits are becoming more frequent. Park staff and local users have long reported increasing day-use hikers, rafters and boaters throughout the park, but without documentation and analysis, these observations are of...
Jun 30, 2015 | Your Donations At Work
The Appekunny Falls Trail in the popular Many Glacier Valley leads to an impressive view of the falls. The trail is becoming increasingly difficult to traverse for visitors and park staff due to lack of maintenance, increased visitor use and erosion. Currently,...
Jun 30, 2015 | Your Donations At Work
Any visitor to Logan Pass has likely experienced a close encounter with a mountain goat or a bighorn sheep. These animals have become habituated to the area as visitation has increased. While there have been no reports of Glacier visitors being injured by habituated...
Jun 30, 2015 | Your Donations At Work
With nearly 300 grizzly bears, Glacier National Park is home to the highest density of grizzly bears in the lower 48 states. Add in approximately 600 black bears and over 2 million human visitors per year, and the stage is set for a challenging management situation....
Jun 30, 2015 | Your Donations At Work
In a technology dominated world, there is still a desire to visit wild places and reconnect to a simpler life. The Wilderness Act of 1964 preserved wild places and provided a management framework to maintain them, but ironically, increasing technological...
Jun 30, 2015 | Your Donations At Work
Only a few miles inside of the main park gates, visitors lose communication with the rest of the world. Without phone or Internet service, Glacier can be enjoyed much the same as it was a century ago. However, park staff are challenged daily to provide quick response...
Jun 30, 2015 | Your Donations At Work
Glacier National Park’s archive has tens of thousands of photos and documents in its care. One of the major challenges the park faces is how to best share these unique historic items with the general public. An onsite visit to the park’s archives will always be the...
Jun 30, 2015 | Your Donations At Work
In 1916, Montana Senator Burton Wheeler and his wife Lulu purchased a cabin on the eastern shore of Lake McDonald, where they and their family spent their summers until last year, when the property was returned to Glacier National Park. The original cabin burned down...
Jun 30, 2015 | Featured, Your Donations At Work
Hands Across Borders Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park Catalyzing Sustaining Transboundary Conservation Initiatives September 2016 In 1932, the U.S. Congress and Canadian Parliament designated Glacier National Park and its neighbor Waterton Lakes National Park...
Jun 30, 2015 | Your Donations At Work
The enduring connection of the Blackfeet, Salish, Kootenai and Pend d’Oreille tribes is one of the park’s most significant and important interpretive themes. It is hard to imagine fully experiencing Glacier in the absence of these tribal stories, yet the park has few...
Jun 30, 2015 | Your Donations At Work
The Glacier Youth Corps increases opportunities for youth to serve within Glacier National Park and to deepen their understanding of public lands. Glacier Youth Corps participants will live primarily in front- and backcountry campsites, near their work locations. In...
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Protecting Native Fish in GlacierAugust 31, 2023
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A Keystone Species Comes HomeJuly 27, 2023
Keeping our Wild Rivers WildJune 29, 2023
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Lynx Study PublishedMarch 28, 2023