- State: MT
- NPCA Region: Northern Rockies
- Est. Date: 1910
Air & Climate Data
View the 2019 ReportVisibility
Moderate Concern
Health
Little to No Concern
Nature
Significant Concern
Climate
Significant Concern
Glacier National Park preserves more than a million acres of forests, alpine meadows and lakes with habitat for a wide variety of plant and animal life.
Its spectacular glaciated landscape has one of the largest remaining grizzly bear populations in the lower 48 states and is a hikers’ paradise, offering 700 miles of maintained trails that lead deep into one of the largest intact ecosystems in the lower 48 states.
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Press Release
Wild Lands Permanently Protected Near Glacier National Park
Today’s oil and gas lease retirement announcement is historic in our decades’ long effort to protect the Badger-Two Medicine area, sacred to the Blackfeet Nation and connected to Glacier National…
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Magazine Article
Naming Matters
Should Devils Tower be called Bear Lodge? Is Tacoma a better moniker than Mount Rainier? Around the country, activists are fighting to change place names they deem offensive, hurtful or arbitrary,…
My Park Story
Greetings from Glacier National Park
We can't imagine not visiting this place every year. We discover something new each time we are here. Look what we found waiting at the top of the Grinnell Glacier Overlook trail – 2 glacial pools. You can't beat this kind of getaway. Let's work to protect it!
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Magazine Article Victorious! 21 conservation triumphs from the past 100 years.
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Blog Post 10 National Park Cameos in Movies Check out — or revisit — these 10 films where parks played a starring role.
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Read more about Court Ruling Continues the Saga to Protect Badger-Two Medicine Near Glacier National Park
Press Release Court Ruling Continues the Saga to Protect Badger-Two Medicine Near Glacier National Park “Time does not erase the original error, and there is no statute of limitations for correcting this assault on lands sacred to the Blackfeet Nation” -- NPCA's Michael Jamison
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Some are located in the most beautiful areas of the U.S. Areas that should be available for everyone to enjoy...not just the wealthy. Other parks preserve the stories of our history as a nation... Visiting one of these sites is an amazing education and gives one such a greater appreciation of our democracy and our slow but steady transformation as a nation. The parks really are America's Best idea. — Mary
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Read more about Department of Interior Moves to Delist Grizzlies in and around Glacier National Park
Press Release Department of Interior Moves to Delist Grizzlies in and around Glacier National Park Transparent process and sound science needed.
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Read more about What We Stand to Lose at Glacier National Park
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Blog Post Staff Picks: 11 Spectacular Roads for Riding Your Bike From leisurely rides to challenging climbs, national parks offer riding opportunities for cyclists of all abilities. Check out top recommendations and advice from NPCA enthusiasts on where to go and what to see.
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Read more about Why I Am Joining This Weekend’s Climate March
Blog Post Why I Am Joining This Weekend’s Climate March The effects of climate change are wide-ranging and severe, but NPCA continues to fight the “greatest threat to the integrity of our national parks” — and it’s not too late to stand with us
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Read more about DOI Protects Glacier's Wild Borderland from Energy Development
Victory DOI Protects Glacier's Wild Borderland from Energy Development Thanks to negotiations between energy companies and the federal government, a remote region known as the Badger-Two Medicine will remain off-limits to oil and gas development.
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Report Supporting Comments on North Fork Watershed Protection Act North Fork Watershed Protection Act Passage: Comments by Community & Business Partners
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Report National Parks and Hydraulic Fracturing Hydraulic fracturing (or “fracking”) has the potential to rewrite America’s energy future, presenting the possibility of an energy-independent nation. This relatively new extraction method is now responsible for 90 percent of domestic oil and gas production, with thousands of wells peppering the countryside. What will history say about this innovation? What will the impacts be on America’s public lands—especially our cherished national parks?
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Read more about Center for State of the Parks: Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park
Report Center for State of the Parks: Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park In this report, the National Parks Conservation Association describes many threats that face Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park through an assessment conducted by the State of the Parks program.
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