Articles with the Tag: Glacier National Park

News from Glacier National Park  WEST GLACIER —  — Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park will host the 21st annual Waterton-Glacier Science and History Day on Tuesday, July 23, from 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. at the Community Building on Albright Circle, West Glacier. The even...

News from the National Park Service  WEST GLACIER – Going-to-the-Sun Road officially opened the morning of June 22 for the 2024 summer season. The road may now be accessed by motorized vehicles over Logan Pass from both the West Glacier and St. Mary entrances.   Road crews battled ava...

News from Glacier National Park WEST GLACIER — Glacier National Park was in the top 15 most visited national parks in 2023, hosting 2,933,616 recreation visits for the year. Recreational visits were up 0.9% from 2022 representing the 6th busiest year in Glacier’s history. Monthly records ...

News from Glacier National Park WEST GLACIER — Glacier National Park is implementing fee rate changes to most frontcountry campgrounds in 2024 and Apgar Group Sites in 2025.   The Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act is the legislation that allows the collection of expanded amenity fee...

News from National Parks Service WATERTON LAKES, ALBERTA— National Park Service Director Chuck Sams and Parks Canada President and Chief Executive Officer Ron Hallman signed a renewed Memorandum of Understanding on Aug. 9 to reinforce the longstanding relationship between the two organizations dur...

GNP Artist-In-Residence 2024/2025 application period open  News from Glacier National Park WEST GLACIER — The application period for artists to apply for the 2024/2025 Glacier National Park Artist-in-Residence Program opened Aug. 6, 2023. The deadline to apply is Sept. 4, 2023.  ...

News from Glacier National Park WEST GLACIER — Glacier National Park officials, in coordination with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, euthanized a food-conditioned, five-year-old female grizzly bear on Thursday, July 20. This action was taken after the bear received multiple food rewards from u...

News from Glacier National Park WEST GLACIER — Glacier National Park is beginning civic engagement for a proposal to close the Swiftcurrent developed area to the public to facilitate proposed road and parking improvements and a water system replacement.   NPS has developed a story map desc...

News from Glacier National Park WEST GLACIER—Waterton Lakes National Park (Alberta, Canada) and Glacier National Park (Montana, USA) announce that pedestrian and watercraft cross-border travel between the parks will reopen for the 2023 season. The Goat Haunt area of Glacier National Park will o...

News from Glacier National Park WEST GLACIER — Glacier National Park is seeking public comment by June 14, 2023, on an environmental assessment proposing westslope cutthroat and bull trout preservation in Gunsight Lake. The EA is available for public review and comment for 30 days on the National ...