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Plowing to the Sun


Published:Sat, 18 Jun 2011 13:04:49 -0700 
Yellow bulldozers and rotary plows have been breaking trail on Glacier National Parks Going to the Sun Road but an historic snowpack has delayed the road’s opening. According to the U.S. Department of Transportation website the earliest the road could have opened was June 17, but as of late last week, plow crews still had four miles of road to plow up and over Logan Pass. Ellen Blickhan, acting ......

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Glacier National Park Begins New Grizzl...
Published:Sun, 19 Jun 2011 18:49:28 -0700
Glacier National Park is entering in to a new long term study analyzing the trends of the grizzly bear population in the northern continental divide. Bait stations, automated came......

Glacier National Park monitoring grizzl...
Published:Fri, 17 Jun 2011 11:06:30 -0700
WEST GLACIER- Glacier National Park is taking part in a long-term study that will look at the trends that are developing in the the grizzly bear population in the Northern Contine......

More Glacier National Park roads openin...
Published:Sat, 11 Jun 2011 04:16:25 -0700
Officials at Glacier National Park announced the opening of more roads Friday after delaying the opening of some park areas because of lingering snow.......

10 female grizzlies to be trapped in Gl...
Published:Fri, 17 Jun 2011 15:55:04 -0700
Efforts are getting under way to trap 10 female grizzly bears in Glacier National Park, and rangers want to ensure no people get hurt in the process.......

Glacier National Park study sheds light...
Published:Mon, 06 Jun 2011 04:40:23 -0700
UPPER MCDONALD CREEK - These turbulent waters seem like a peculiar choice for a breeding ground, particularly by so tranquil a creature, and yet the harlequin drakes slate-blue bo......

Deep snow still being plowed in Glacier...
Published:Thu, 16 Jun 2011 08:52:35 -0700
Snowplow crews are working to get Glacier National Parks famous Going To The Sun road open for the season.......