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GovExec.com
April 21, 2018
For the last decade, they have been back country rangers at Glacier National Park in northern Montana in the summer, doing everything from law enforcement and emergency response to education and trail maintenance. And at other times of the year, they have taken additional seasonal jobs in Alaska,Ãâà...
KOMO News
April 11, 2018
Glacier National Park is giving its Facebook and Instagram followers an extra treat this spring with a new temporary bear cam to watch a black bear emerge from hibernation. The bear was spotted on March 23 inside a large hole in the trunk of a cottonwood tree inside the park. It has been sluggishly poking its head out everÃâà...
KTVQ Billings News
April 10, 2018
The "tree bear" at Glacier National Park has been getting a lot of attention,and in case you've ever wondered about whether or not a bear really does - well, you know... Glacier National Park posted this video on its Facebook page on Monday morning. It was viewed more than 20,000 times in less than fiveÃâà...
NBC Montana
April 5, 2018
Spring plowing operations have begun in Glacier National Park. Last week crews plowed to the camp store in Two Medicine and through Chief Mountain Road on the east side of the park. This week, plows will work on Many Glacier Road on the east side of the park, and Camas Road on the west side of the park,Ãâà...
The Missoulian
April 4, 2018
A screen shot from the new live streaming camera of a bear hibernating in a cottonwood tree in Glacier National Park. The live feed can be viewed on YouTube ... Those folks at Glacier National Park just upped their game when it comes to the popular bear webcam. On Wednesday, park officials announcedÃâà...
Mental Floss
April 3, 2018
Spring has finally arrived in Glacier National Park, and at least one black bear is taking its sweet time adjusting to the change. According to AP, the groggy bear has spent the past week waking up from its long winter nap, and the whole process has been captured by the Montana park's webcam. The bearÃâà...
Inside Edition
April 2, 2018
A black bear at Glacier National Park in Montana has become an internet star after webcam footage of the animal looking in dire need of a cup of java was posted on the park service's Facebook page. The groggy mammal looks out from its den, in the hole of a tree, as a bird approaches. At one point, it laysÃâà...
Flathead Beacon
April 2, 2018
MISSOULA — Time is almost up for the public to share its thoughts and have input on the proposals for restoring Glacier National Park's Sperry Chalet. The Missoulian reports the comment period for the four proposals put forth in February for the charred stone structure ends Monday. Amy DempsterÃâà...
Great Falls Tribune
April 2, 2018
The Glacier National Park Conservancy will continue to sponsor a fixed-wing plane and a photographer to fly over Sperry Chalet and inspect the remnants of the dormitory walls through May. Flyovers conducted in February and March indicate the structure is still standing amidst this year's intense snowfall.
WLS-TV
April 2, 2018
Imagine trying to get alert after sleeping for over seven months. That's what this bear in Montana is doing - very slowly. (KGO-TV). KGO. Monday, April 02, 2018 06:38AM. GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, Mont. --. Most of us have woken up groggy after sleeping too long. Imagine trying to get alert after sleeping for over sevenÃâà...
Travel+Leisure
April 2, 2018
America's national parks are full of spectacular national scenery and wildlife encounters that give you the chance to witness nature in all its glory. With spring having arrived, Montana's Glacier National Park is gearing up for its bear populations to start roaming its grounds. National Park representativesÃâà...
KGO-TV
April 1, 2018
Most of us have woken up groggy after sleeping too long. Imagine trying to get alert after sleeping for over seven months. That's what this bear in Montana is doing - very slowly. Glacier National Park posted video of the bear emerging. The Park says it takes up to several weeks for a bear to fully emergeÃâà...
Globalnews.ca
April 1, 2018
WATCH ABOVE: Montana's Glacier National Park posted a webcam video on March 29, showing a black bear poking its head out from a tree as it stirs ... Glacier National Park posted the video Thursday and explained that black bears usually emerge from their dens in early to mid-March, as the weatherÃâà...
The Missoulian
April 1, 2018
GLACIER NATIONAL PARK — Workers face an even bigger job than usual as they get to work on the annual task of clearing snow from roads in northern Montana's Glacier National Park. Crews are plowing Two Medicine Road and Chief Mountain Road on the park's east side. Plowing of Many GlacierÃâà...
Flathead Beacon
March 31, 2018
A sluggish black bear that spent its winter denned high up inside a cottonwood tree in Glacier National Park is slowly awakening, and the world is watching as the sleepy bruin ploddingly emerges from its lair, yawning and scratching and prompting a collective “awww” from across the globe. After observingÃâà...
Flathead Beacon
March 30, 2018
A rumbling fleet of snowplows and excavators began the daunting task of clearing Glacier National Park's roads last week, forging through a winter's worth of snow and heralding springtime in Northwest Montana as the park prepares its iconic Going-to-the-Sun Road for the summer frenzy. On the east side,Ãâà...
KULR-TV
March 30, 2018
New webcams at Glacier Park offer a close-up view of black bears in their natural habitat. if you tune in at the right time, you can catch a black bear peeking out of its cozy cottonwood tree den. The webcam description: "In Spring black bears are occasionally seen in this tree. This year a black bear was firstÃâà...
The Missoulian
March 30, 2018
Lauren Alley laughs as she notes how a lot of people probably are having a hard time working after Glacier National Park posted the bear cam on its website Thursday. That day alone, 37,388 viewers saw the black bear slowly emerging from a long winter's nap — not unlike watching an adult reach for thatÃâà...
Great Falls Tribune
March 30, 2018
The Glacier National Park Conservancy will continue to sponsor a fixed-wing plane and a photographer to fly over Sperry Chalet and inspect the remnants of the dormitory walls through May. Flyovers conducted in February and March indicate the structure is still standing amidst this year's intense snowfall.
The Spokesman-Review
March 17, 2018
It took 103 years for Glacier National Park's Sperry Chalet to succumb to the elements. It's going to take just over two years to restore its glory – weather permitting. Officials from Glacier National Park and its partners are already hard at work solving the Sperry problem. They have developed four preliminaryÃâà...
Great Falls Tribune
March 6, 2018
It took 103 years for Glacier National Park's Sperry Chalet to succumb to the elements. It's going to take just over two years to restore its glory. Weather permitting. Officials from Glacier National Park and its partners are already hard at work solving the Sperry problem. They have developed four preliminaryÃâà...
Seattle Times
March 5, 2018
KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — Even though the Sperry Chalet dining hall was only lightly damaged in a wildfire that gutted the Sperry dormitory in Glacier National Park, park officials don't expect to have any concessions at the hall this summer due to trail and other needed rehab. The Ravalli Republic reportsÃâà...
Flathead Beacon
March 5, 2018
The proposal for an RV park came three years after Pursuit acquired the property on the southern edge of Glacier National Park when it purchased the West Glacier land holdings from the Lundgren family in July 2014. The deal included the West Glacier Mercantile and other holdings in West Glacier,Ãâà...
The Missoulian
March 5, 2018
KALISPELL — Hikers heading to the Sperry Chalet area in Glacier National Park this summer won't find the popular fresh-baked cookies and ice-cold lemonade at their destination, and chances are visitors will be camping rather than staying in a backcountry dormitory for at least the next two years.
Great Falls Tribune
February 27, 2018
East Glacier Park has eclipsed the all-time record for February snowfall as its snowiest winter in 46 years continues to bury the community abutting Glacier National Park. Through Feb. 25, 78 inches or 6.5 feet of snow had fallen in February, breaking the former record of 72.5 inches set last winter, saidÃâà...
Great Falls Tribune
February 16, 2018
The surviving shell of Glacier National Park's 104-year-old chalet barely survived the flames of the Sprague Fire that burned through the park this summer. Now, it's fighting against the throes of winter. Early this month, the Glacier National Park Conservancy sent a fixed-wing plane to fly over the site andÃâà...
KRTV Great Falls News
February 9, 2018
The Sperry Chalet in Glacier National Park became a symbol of the Sprague Fire that ripped through the Park in the summer of 2017. After the interior of the hiker's retreat was destroyed, the Glacier National Park Conservancy is looking forward to restoration. The chalet in Glacier is a staple in the history ofÃâà...
The Missoulian
February 4, 2018
KALISPELL — Glacier National Park in Montana is proposing to lease some historic cabins on Lake McDonald in an effort to preserve the structures. The National Park Service announced that the proposal was available for review and that public comment would be accepted through March 1. The FlatheadÃâà...
Great Falls Tribune
December 31, 1999
We are a nation in mourning. Last Friday, Glacier National Park officials took down the webcam and live stream of the sleepy black bear den that captivated us for weeks. "It looks like the bear moved on," Lauren Alley, Glacier National Park management assistant, said. "We certainly got quite a treatÃâà...
Daily Inter Lake
December 31, 1999
The park encourages visitors to avalanche country in and around Glacier National Park to be alert to the possibility of avalanches, which are common in spring. Visitors are most likely to encounter dangerous avalanche conditions during spring storms or during periods of intense or prolonged warmups.
KULR-TV
December 31, 1999
This week plows are working on Many Glacier Road on the east side of the park, and Camas Road on the west side of the park. Park crews are also working to clear snow from campgrounds and other visitor areas. Initial reports from snow removal staff indicate drifts between 15-20 feet in some areas,Ãâà...
The Spokesman-Review
December 31, 1999
In this photo provided by the Montana Department of Transportation, crews work Monday, Feb. 26, 2018, to clear Secondary Highway 464 north of Browning, Mont. The Blackfeet Indian Reservation, east of Glacier National Park, has received several feet of snow and strong winds continue to blow, causingÃâà...
The Missoulian
December 31, 1999
Four concepts released to the public Wednesday for restoring Glacier National Park's famed Sperry Chalet dormitory range from stabilizing the walls but not rebuilding the structure — instead, setting up temporary yurts or wall tents for visitors — to reconstructing the dorm to as “close to as it was” with someÃâà...
NBC Montana
December 31, 1999
The National Park Service has given Glacier National Park $350,000 to fund this preliminary schematic design effort. Colorado-based Anderson & Hallas Architects was hired to create four concepts. So far some of the options the park presented include building a new structure in a different location, doing a restoration asÃâà...
