Glacier National Park News

In this photo taken July 2, 2014, Rhonda Hendricks, left, and her husband Doug are splashed by water at the weeping wall along Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park in West Glacier, Mont.

Getting to any of Glacier National Park's nine remaining fire lookout towers isn't just a walk in the park.

The mercury soared to 127A at Parker, AZ to tie the state record established at Fort Mohave on 6/15/1896.

"None of them are real easy to get to," said David Butler, author of "Fire Lookouts of Glacier National Park."

Kirk Passmore stands in his farmland, looking at the green mint plants sprouting from the fertile Flathead Valley soil.

A large percent of the country's national parks have recently experienced extreme heat, precipitation or drought, which could hurt plant and animal species Climate change has arrived in America's national parks, threatening natural and historical resources with climbing temperatures and changing precipitation patterns, according to a new National ... (more)

In June, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said , "we're in the forever business; our charge in national parks is to preserve them unimpaired for future generations."

Barring the unexpected -- a significant late June snowstorm -- the entire Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park in Montana should be open from West Glacier to St. Mary this coming holiday weekend.

Glacier National Park officials say they anticipate Going-to-the-Sun Road will open this weekend after the area received three feet of snow just two weeks ago.

Interior Secretary Sally Jewell sees the impact of climate change on just about every national park she visits: glaciers melting and Joshua trees dying.

Being beautiful has proved to be a profitable asset for Montana where its outdoors are attracting more tourists and their dollars.

Want to have an amazing bicycle adventure and support that Sierra Club's work at the same time? Then Climate Ride may be just the event you've been looking for.

I took a weekend trip to Glacier National Park in NW Montana this past weekend for summer solstice.

Nagesh Mahadev's photographs of Glacier National Park garnered him this year's USA Landscape Photographer of the Year Award.

The Oxbow Overlook in Montana's Glacier National Park is located just a short walk from the Visitor Center in Apgar.

Heavy snowfall in Glacier National Park this week has heightened avalanche danger along the Going-to-the-Sun Road and prompted officials to limit access to the road, which has yet to be cleared end-to-end from winter's snows.

A black bear at Glacier National Park in Montana that developed a habit of searching out human food, in one case breaking into a house, has been put down by rangers.

The recent rainstorm that poured over Northwest Montana has transitioned into clear skies and warm temperatures, and rivers throughout the Flathead Valley appear to have crested without any significant flooding, according to emergency personnel.

The rain is tapering off after dumping up to 8 inches over parts of Glacier National Park this week, but the extra water running off the mountains means the threat of flooding will remain.

The summer solstice is right around the corner, but winter isn't going down without a fight this year: A bizarre June snowstorm hit Glacier National Park in Montana and parts of Utah and Idaho this week, leaving many residents and visitors in the northern Rockies wondering what season it is.