Our Work

Funding Needed: $38,000

This project supports the long-term sustainability of Glacier’s historic stock program by replacing aging horses and mules essential to backcountry operations. Maintaining a healthy herd ensures continued support for trail maintenance, wilderness management, and resource protection.

Funding Needed: $512,000

This project supports Glacier’s wilderness stewardship through wilderness ranger staffing, restoration projects, volunteer coordination, and wild and scenic river management. Funding helps protect wilderness character while providing education, resource stewardship, and visitor services throughout the park’s backcountry.

Funding Needed: $95,582

This project pilots a preemptive White-nose Syndrome (WNS) vaccination program and assesses bat survival rates during WNS. Investigations will also evaluate bat box designs to replicate roost conditions. This projects will compare bat box designs to mitigate critical habitat loss, while offering a vital opportunity for a graduate student to advance in wildlife biology.

Funding Needed: $50,000

The Piikuni Lands Service Corps engages Blackfeet youth and young adults in paid summer programs where participants deepen their relationship to ancestral lands while developing essential job skills.

This program is a culturally engaged model guided by the Blackfeet community with intentionality around creating a structure that speaks directly to Blackfeet youth.

Funding Needed: $240,300

This program is dedicated to strengthening and sustaining relationships with local tribal communities, honoring Glacier’s Indigenous Peoples and original caretakers. Funding sutains the award-winning Native America Speaks program and other vital componets of the tribal engagement initiative.

Funding Needed: $249,386

This project supports Glacier’s Museum and Archives by reducing archival processing backlogs, improving access to historic records, and expanding online collections for researchers and the public.

Funding Needed: $14,000

This project strives to remove financial and geographic barriers for Glacier employees seeking support for metnal health by creating more opportunities for accessible services. Funding will allow the NPS to hire a mental health provider who will host in-park counseling session days for employees, offering immediate and ongoing support. With this proactive approach, Glacier hopes to create space for dialogue and acceptance surraounding mental health, equipping people with resources and support systems that can save lives. 

Funding Needed: $35,000

This project installs urine diversion toilets at high-use wilderness campgrounds to improve human waste management while protecting sensitive natural and cultural resources. These modern systems reduce long-term maintenance needs and minimize impacts on the surrounding landscape.

Funding Needed: $126,500

Restoring whitebark pine (WBP) and Clark’s nutcracker (CLNU) habitat is crucial for their mutualistic relationship. WBP, now threatened due to changing weather patterns and blister rust, relies on CLNU for seed dispersal. Efforts include planting rust-resistant WBP seedlings, monitoring survival, expanding CLNU acoustic monitoring, and creating a visitor film to highlight this critical relationship.

Funding Needed: $51,420

This project supports Glacier’s participation in a long-term, multi-state winter wildlife survey that monitors wolverine population trends across the region. The data collected informs wildlife management decisions and helps track changes in species abundance over time.

It engages indigenous knowledge keepers, develops preservation strategies, and provides an internship opportunity. Successful partnerships and integrated approaches ensure the conservation of vulnerable heritage sites amidst changing climates and advancing research needs.

Funding Needed: $341,785

This project directly supports Glacier’s education program through staffing, equipment, and supplies needed to conduct ranger led field trips, classroom visits, and distance learning programs. This long-standing program and partnership has served hundreds of thousands of students during its tenure, connecting the next generation of park stewards and advocates to the resources of Glacier National Park.

Funding Needed: $35,400

This project advances Glacier’s sustainability goals through staff education, operational improvements, recycling, composting, and public engagement. Funding supports a Sustainability Educator internship and projects that reduce the park’s environmental footprint.

Funding Needed: $28,000

This project preserves Glacier’s artistic and cultural heritage through a comprehensive assessment of 26 historic paintings displayed throughout the park’s iconic lodges and visitor facilities. Funding supports professional evaluation and preservation recommendations to ensure these irreplaceable artworks are protected for future generations.

Funding Needed: $105,000

Glacier National Park and the surrounding areas are becoming some of the most popular places to visit in the United States.

This grant will provide handouts with comprehensive information that can capitalize on the enthusiasm of visitors. From the colorful park map to guides that provide hiking, safety, and trip planning information, print materials promote inclusivity for all park visitors to obtain information and knowledge.

Funding Needed: $125,000

This project replaces aging sections of the Logan Pass Boardwalk, protecting fragile alpine ecosystems while providing safe visitor access to one of Glacier’s most popular destinations. The new boardwalk will continue to concentrate foot traffic and reduce resource damage.

Funding Needed: $62,000

This research project examines how recreational river use affects mountain goats along the Middle Fork Flathead River. Findings will help inform future river management decisions that protect wildlife while maintaining recreational opportunities.

Funding Needed: $48,740

This collaborative research project examines how grizzly bears respond to increasing visitor use within Glacier National Park. Results will help refine bear management strategies that protect both bears and visitors while supporting long-term conservation of this threatened species.

Funding Needed: $116,000

Designed to inspire the next generation of conservation stewards, this initiative connects youth to Glacier’s natural and cultural resources through meaningful, hands-on experiences. This project engages youth in conservation endeavors including native plant restoration, wildlife research and native fish preservation.

Funding Needed: $161,450

This project expands Glacier’s capacity to communicate visitor access information through dedicated staffing, outreach, and visitor support services. Funding helps provide timely information about vehicle reservations and other visitor use management tools while strengthening partnerships with regional tourism organizations.

Funding Needed: $34,944

With a focus on historic structure preservation projects, this project provides funding for two internship positions for students from local high schools. Students will work with crews on the park’s west and east sides, bolstering capacity while gaining expertise in historic preservation techniques and skills.

Funding Needed: $133,000

This project supports visitor access improvements in the North Lake McDonald area and annual operating costs for the historic Wheeler Cabin. Funding will support a seasonal landscape architect position focusing on native plant restoration, accessible trail design, interpretation opportunities and improved visitor facilities.