Wilderness Blog

RSS Feed

Latest Posts tagged with "Glacier National Park"

Tranquility Restored to Montana’s Badger-Two Medicine

February 3, 2011 By Jared White

For decades Montana’s Badger-Two Medicine area just south of Glacier  National Park was the home of rampant off-roading that gradually carved up the forest’s phenomenal wild lands.  Now with the help of local citizens who live along Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front and our partners at Earthjustice, we’ve defeated an attempt to overturn a Forest Service plan to protect the Badger-Two Medicine from such damage. Region:  Northern Rockies Read more

Wild destinations: 11 must-see wild places

July 7, 2010 By Laura Bailey

The number of great fall and spring outdoor adventure destinations is endless. Allow us to help narrow your search with some of The Wilderness Society’s favorite must-see wild places on and off the beaten track. Visit these lands and see some of the great places The Wilderness Society is working to protect. And don’t forget to leave no trace while there! Read more

A sad day when no glaciers exist in Glacier National Park

April 9, 2010 By David Moulton

Is it time for the National Park Service to hold a contest to rename Montana’s Glacier National Park? As a strong reminder that global warming marches on even when legislative action stalls, a new report finds that the park has lost a third of its 37 glaciers since 1966. The report also indicates that if loss of the glaciers continues at its current rate, the park will lack any of its namesake glaciers by 2030. Read more

Canada’s strip-mining isn’t so friendly for Montana’s Glacier National Park

June 12, 2009 By Jeff Fox

Woman enjoying the view of Glacier National Park, Montana. Photo by Jeff Fox.

What would it say about our prospects for global peace and prosperity if the world’s first International Peace Park were strip-mined and drilled in search of coal and gas? I wish that question was merely hypothetical, but with Canadian strip-mining and gas drilling threatening the water and wildlife of Montana’s Glacier National Park, the U.S. portion of the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park, the question is all too real. Read more