http://www.nps.gov/glac News releases from Glacier National Park. en-us http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-79.htm Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:53:52 EST Glacier National Park (Park) fisheries staff, along with federal, state and Tribal agency partners recently completed 2009 spawning ground surveys for bull trout within the park. http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-78.htm Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:41:22 EST Learn about the fascinating insects that live in the streams and rivers of Glacier National Park. http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-77.htm Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:25:43 EST Adjusted night work and daytime delays necessary for additional stimulus work on Sun Road in 2010 http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-76.htm Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:55:41 EST All National Park Service sites, including Glacier National Park, will offer free admission to veterans, current members of the U.S. armed forces, and their families on Tuesday, November 11, in honor of Veterans Day.  http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-75.htm Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:31:07 EST Officials at Glacier National Park are seeking comments to help in the preparation of an environmental assessment (EA) for the development of a Wildlife Viewing Plan for the Many Glacier developed area. http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-74.htm Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:11:16 EST With the opening of various hunting seasons, Glacier National Park officials remind hunters that NO hunting of any kind is permitted within the park.  http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-72.htm Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:17:21 EST Glacier Park, Inc. (GPI), a concessioner in Glacier National Park, has awarded contracts to Swank Enterprises of Kalispell, Mont., for the relocation of three dormitories, the construction of a new waterline and improved flood water detention areas near Lake McDonald Lodge in Glacier National Park. http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-73.htm Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:38:23 EST Trees and vegetation encroaching on the Going-to-the-Sun Road (Sun Road) corridor and limiting driver’s visibility are being trimmed this fall. http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-71.htm Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:06:35 EST Glacier National Park’s Education Program and the Glacier Association are again sponsoring a postcard contest for K-12 students. http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/nrls09-69.htm Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:15:29 EST Experts will make recommendations on long-term protection of the Peace Park from external threats. http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-70.htm Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:08:45 EST Free lunchtime seminars continue at Glacier National Park this fall. http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-68.htm Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:34:31 EST Glacier National Park will celebrate National Public Lands Day by waiving entrance fees for all visitors, and providing volunteer opportunities in the park. http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-67.htm Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:04:23 EST Glacier National Park’s Going-to-the-Sun Road (Sun Road) shuttle system had an increase in riders during the 2009 season, its third in existence. http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-66.htm Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:12:33 EST All proposals must be received no later than November 9, 2009 http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-65.htm Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:08:27 EST Glacier National Park's Bill Hayden winner of NPS Intermountain Region’s 2009 Freeman Tilden Award http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-64.htm Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:47:53 EST Glacier National Park officials released the name of the man who died Wednesday, September 9, 2009, after his motorcycle left the road and he fell some 30 feet.  http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-63.htm Wed, 09 Sep 2009 18:26:04 EST Motorcyclist dies after bike leaves Sun Road near Wild Goose Island Overlook http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-62.htm Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:24:32 EST Park remains open; West side Sun Road fall vehicle restrictions begin at midnight, September 20th http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-61.htm Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:23:34 EST Come survey the park’s classic features with a review of the geologic processes which continue to create them during the brown bag lunch seminar Tuesday, September 8, 2009, Noon – 1 p.m., at the park Community Building, in West Glacier. http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-60.htm Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:17:50 EST Officials at Glacier National Park remind park visitors that the park is open year-round and that most concessions, lodging and camping facilities will remain open well past Labor Day for the autumn season. http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-59-reissued.htm Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:24:56 EST Yearling that died during recent tranquiliiiizing operation had lacerated jugular vein http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-59.htm Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:09:00 EST A necropsy determined that the grizzly bear yearling that died after being darted by park rangers on Monday August 17, 2009, died from internal bleeding.  http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-58.htm Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:02:00 EST Glacier National Park invites the public to an open house at the Native Plant Nursery, Tuesday August 25th from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM, to experience the nursery’s new and improved facilities.  http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-57.htm Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:52:00 EST Hiker who fell from Ahern Pass was Dr. William H. Labunetz, a 67-year-old retired neurologist from Great Falls, MT. http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-56.htm Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:46:00 EST Glacier National Park officials are learning more about the loss of a park visitor Saturday, August 22, 2009. A 67-year-old male from Great Falls, MT, had been hiking with four others and had climbed Iceberg Notch earlier in the day. http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-55.htm Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:40:00 EST Glacier National Park officials are saddened by the loss of a park visitor Saturday, August 22, 2009. http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-54.htm Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:12:11 EST True to her nickname, the “Oldman Lake Bear,” the female grizzly bear that park personnel have been tracking in recent days  and her two yearling cubs were observed Monday afternoon, August 17 about 300 yards away from, and heading towards, the backcountry campground at Oldman Lake.  http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-53.htm Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:32:00 EST Environmental assessment will be prepared for correcting health and safety hazards at abandoned mine lands in Glacier National Park.  http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-52.htm Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:02:19 EST Location of traffic delays moved to allow more night work http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-51.htm Wed, 12 Aug 2009 19:51:35 EST Female grizzly with five-year history of purposefully approaching humans poses safety risk http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-50.htm Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:23:00 EST Glacier National Park is offering the final of three “Fee Free” weekends this summer as part of a National Park Service (NPS) program to encourage visits to national parks this year.   This weekend, August 15 and 16, entrance fees will be waived.  http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-49.htm Mon, 10 Aug 2009 18:40:02 EST Large-scale netting operation to track and remove lake trout from Quartz Lake  http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-48.htm Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:19:08 EST The family of the 13-year-old boy from St Paul, Minnesota, who was rescued Tuesday evening after his kayak overturned says he is doing well. http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-47.htm Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:07:16 EST Glacier National Park is pleased to announce that a major search for a missing kayaker on Lake McDonald, a 13-year-old St. Paul, Minnesota resident, resulted in the successful rescue of the boy at about 6:15 PM on Tuesday, August 4th. http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-46.htm Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:30:46 EST As a  kick off the official Glacier National Park 100th anniversary commemoration, the Glacier Centennial Program will host a “Picnic in the Park” on Sunday, August 23 from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. on the lawns at Lake McDonald Lodge and Glacier Park Lodge in East Glacier. http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-45.htm Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:55:18 EST A new tool has been produced by the Crown of the Continent Research Learning Center in Glacier National Park to help stop the spread of invasive plant species.  The Invasive Plants of the Crown of the Continent Field Guide is now available. http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-44.htm Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:05:44 EST Officials from Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park invite the public to Waterton-Glacier Science and History Day on Thursday August 6 from 8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m., at the Lake McDonald Lodge Auditorium in Glacier National Park.  http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-43.htm Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:40:16 EST What is cuter than a bug’s ear, builds haystacks, lives in the high country of Glacier National Park and may be an indicator of climate change in mountain environments?  That would be the American Pika. http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-42.htm Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:44:02 EST Visitors to Glacier National Park’s Going-to-the-Sun Road (Sun Road) will experience work related delays at night starting Monday, July 27. http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-41.htm Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:31:50 EST Rachel Brockway joins the Glacier National Park staff this summer as part of the Teacher-to-Ranger-to-Teacher program.  Brockway teaches second grade at Evergreen Elementary School. http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-40.htm Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:46:42 EST Officials at Glacier National Park welcome Tim Ryan and Dr. David Hsiung for this summer’s Artist-in-Residence Program. http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-39.htm Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:02:56 EST Glacier National Park continues nearly thirty years of hosting a variety of educational programs about local Indian culture through its “Native America Speaks” (NAS) program this summer. http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-38.htm Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:43:23 EST Glacier National Park is offering the second of three “Fee Free” weekends this summer as part of a National Park Service (NPS) program to encourage visits to national parks this summer.   This weekend, July 18 and 19, entrance fees will be waived.  http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-37.htm Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:17:17 EST Glacier National Park officials are investigating a drowning at Swiftcurrent Lake on the park’s east side. http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-36.htm Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:13:31 EST Glacier National Park officials are investigating a possible drowning at Swiftcurrent Lake on the park’s east side http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-35.htm Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:22:32 EST Glacier National Park officials announce that the environmental analysis and review process has been completed for proposed improvements at Logan Pass. http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-34.htm Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:37:57 EST Glacier National Park officials announce the opening of the Inside North Fork Road to all traffic as of mid-morning Friday, July 10. http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-33.htm Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:49:40 EST With the assistance of the National Park Service, inspectors from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), Montana Division, will be inspecting charter buses and other commercial motor vehicles in Glacier National Park July 13-16, 2009. http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-32.htm Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:19:41 EST Visitors can travel historic Sun Road for free on optional shuttle system and other tour buses http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-31.htm Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:32:24 EST Highline Trail temporarily closed for snow hazards; projected to open Friday, July 3 http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-30.htm Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:24:11 EST West side Sun Road to open to Logan Pass on Thursday, June 25 http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-29.htm Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:14:47 EST Partnership between Montana Department of Transportation, Flathead County and Glacier National Park expands http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-28.htm Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:13:15 EST While Logan Pass opening preparatios continue, west side of Sun Road opens to vehicle traffic to Big Bend http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-27.htm Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:13:42 EST Pree presentations hosted by park's Crown of the Continent Research Learning Center http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-25.htm Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:07:06 EST Local runner injured on Lake McDonald Valley Trail http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-24.htm Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:20:38 EST Plows nearing Logan Pass; More than 30 miles of Sun Road currently open for vehicle access http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-23.htm Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:00:34 EST Project includes improvements to existing fish barrier and a large-scale netting operation http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-22.htm Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:34:49 EST Park seeks to engage public in research on wildlife and invasive plants http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-21.htm Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:26:12 EST Black bear accidentally shot during hazing http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-20.htm Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:11:46 EST Four computers stoled from Apgar Ranger Station http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-19.htm Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:59:26 EST Lake McDonald Lodge to open Saturday; historic Red Buses start running Saturday http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-18.htm Fri, 15 May 2009 21:42:29 EST January 2009 Class 5 avalanche not expected to affect spring opening http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-17.htm Fri, 15 May 2009 21:13:20 EST Two Medicine Road now open; east side Sun Road to open to Jackson Glacier Overlook on Saturday http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-16.htm Tue, 12 May 2009 20:39:11 EST Parkwide concession services for 2009 season http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-15.htm Fri, 08 May 2009 16:54:41 EST Camas Road Now Open; Sun Road open to Avalanche and Rising Sun http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-14.htm Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:29:26 EST East side roads begin to reopen after snowstorms; West side of Going-to-the-Sun Road to open as far as Avalanche Creek on May 2 http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news0913.htm Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:22:33 EST Parts of Sun Road open for vehicles; Two Medicine Road open to Running Eagle Falls - Many Glacier Road remains closed to vehicles; Camas Road will not be plowed http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-12.htm Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:45:29 EST 13 NPS Campgrounds offer a wide variety of experiences http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-10.htm Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:43:33 EST "Reconnecting Children with Nature" held on April 18 http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-09.htm Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:48:11 EST Environmentally sensitive design and construction includes landscaping, visitor education, transit http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-08.htm Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:42:52 EST What do bears really do in the woods? http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-07.htm Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:19:50 EST Visitors reminded to be aware for emerging bears and other natural hazards http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-06.htm Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:02:55 EST Road work to occur between mid-April and early June http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-05.htm Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:57:41 EST Spring Sun Road vehicle access at Avalanche Creek and Jackson Glacier Overlook http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-04.htm Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:37:00 EST Project would include improvements to existing fish barrier plus large-scale netting operations http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-03.htm Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:51:43 EST Projects include new restroom, rehabilitation of existing restrooms, improved shuttle stop, installation of efficient power generation system http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-02.htm Tue, 27 Jan 2009 17:52:36 EST Duties include oversight of parkwide maintenance and Going-to-the-Sun Road http://www.nps.gov/glac/parknews/news09-01.htm Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:15:00 EST Dog owner cited for having dogs in Glacier's backcountry