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Greening the National Parks: Environmental Achievement Awards Highlight Sustainable Design, Energy-Efficiency, and Recycling

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on September 14, 2008 - 3:00am
To encourage eco-friendly operations, the National Park Service presents Environmental Achievement Awards each year to parks and concession companies that have excelled in incorporating high environmental standards into their operations. The 2007 awards were presented to Blue Ridge Parkway, Yosemite National Park, Delaware North Companies Parks and Resorts, and Xanterra Parks & Resorts.

Glacier National Park Officials Plan to Scale Down Search for Missing Hiker

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on August 25, 2008 - 6:56pm
Glacier National Park officials, frustrated by six days of fruitless searching for a missing hiker, say they'll scale back efforts on Tuesday unless new leads are discovered.

MSNBC’s Top 10 National Park Lodges List Draws Curmudgeonly, but Gentle Criticism

Submitted by Bob Janiskee on August 14, 2008 - 4:00am
MSNBC has compiled a Top 10 National Park Lodges list for the purpose of helping us choose where to “sleep in style on a summer escape to our nation's national parks.” They might want to re-state that. Two of the lodges aren’t in the United States and another is said to be in a park that, technically speaking, doesn’t exist yet.

Glacier National Park Officials Again Voice Opposition to Railroad's Avalanche Blasting Proposal

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on July 18, 2008 - 12:26pm
Roughly a year after they first voiced their opposition to a railroad's plan to use bombs to defuse avalanche danger along the southern flanks of Glacier National Park, park officials are reiterating that opposition.

NPCA, TWS Presidents Meet With Canadian Ambassador To Seek Solution to Development in Flathead Valley

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on July 18, 2008 - 11:44am
How environmentally sensitive is the Canadian government? Can the presidents of two of the United States' conservation groups convince the government not to allow development in the headwaters of the Flathead Valley that lies upstream of Glacier National Park and across from Waterton Lakes National Park?

Glacier National Park's Going-to-the-Sun Road Open End to End

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on July 2, 2008 - 9:39am
It took longer than usual, but the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park has been opened from end-to-end.

Wolves and Grizzlies Interact in Glacier National Park

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on June 30, 2008 - 3:24am
Grizzly bears and wolves don't always get along, but as this video footage obtained by USGS researchers in Glacier National Park demonstrates, sometimes they will tolerate each other.

Snowbound In June On Glacier National Park's Going-to-the-Sun Road

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on June 27, 2008 - 4:00am
Sweltering in another heat wave on the East Coast? Tired of the rain in the Midwest? Fed-up with wildfires in California? If you'd prefer snow, head to Glacier National Park. Check out this video to see how just much snow still remains to be cleared from Glacier's Going-to-the-Sun Road.

Celebrating Glacier National Park's Going-to-the-Sun Road

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on June 27, 2008 - 2:48am
It's an engineering wonder, one that not only delights, but also perplexes and confounds, both motorists and road crews. And today the 75th birthday of the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park is being celebrated. It's a time to both reflect on the history of this 50-mile pathway across the park's interior and look as well at the effort to rebuild it.

What Do Bears Really Do in The Woods?

Submitted by Kurt Repanshek on June 26, 2008 - 10:49am
Ever wonder what bears do when we're not watching them? This remote USGS footage obtained in Glacier National Park shows how bruins scratch some of their itches.