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Child Killed By Rockslide In Glacier National Park

By • Aug 13, 2019
Debris from this July 2012 rock slide covered both lanes of the Going-to-the-Sun Road and poured over the edge of the guard rail. July 18, 2012.
David Restivo / National Park Service

A 14-year-old girl died Monday evening from injuries she received after a rockslide struck her family’s vehicle on Glacier National Park’s Going-to-the-Sun-Road.

Body Of Canadian Man Found In Glacier National Park Lake

By • Aug 7, 2019
Glacier National Park entrance sign.
Flickr user photommo (CC-BY-ND)

Searchers have recovered the body of a 64-year-old Canadian man who is believed to have drowned in a small lake at Glacier National Park.

The National Park Service says rangers received a report about 4:30 p.m. yesterday of a man struggling in Pray Lake and then going under water.

Witnesses reported that it appeared the man may have gone into the lake to retrieve a dog. A dog has been found dead.

Rangers dove into the lake but were unable to find the man. Rangers and others searched until dark without finding him, and the search resumed this morning.

Grizzly Killed In Cabinet Wilderness, Black Bear Killed In Glacier Park

By • Aug 6, 2019
Black bear stock photo.
(PD)

Two backpackers reported shooting an adult female grizzly bear in self-defense in the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness south of Troy on Friday. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are currently investigating the incident. 

Trail Still Cold In Search For Missing Man In Glacier National Park

By • Jul 16, 2019
Glacier National Park sign at the park's St. Mary entrance.
Glacier National Park (PD)

Glacier National Park officials say there has been no sign of a 66-year-old man who's been missing for over a week. The trail where he was last seen is closed because of grizzly bear activity.

Mark Sinclair of Whitefish was last seen on the Highline Trail on July 8 after leaving a vehicle with a dog inside at the Logan Pass parking lot.

Glacier Park Crash Injures 3

By • Jul 9, 2019
Glacier Park rangers rescue a person inolved in a crash on Going-to-the-Sun Road, July 8, 2019.
Courtesy Philip Granrud Photography

Park rangers rescued three people Monday evening after their car crashed down a 40-foot embankment along Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park. The driver reportedly swerved away from a truck that stopped to view a bear.

Local photographer Philip Granrud was on his way to a trailhead when he arrived at the scene around 5 p.m.

Two Grizzlies, One Black Bear Captured, Killed Since Thursday

By • Jun 3, 2019
A subadult male grizzly bear was euthanized after it repeatedly broke into a chicken coop and killed several chickens off Farm to Market Road between Kalispell and Whitefish, August 21, 2019.
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks

Glacier National Park Monday announced that rangers euthanized a black bear in the Lake McDonald Lodge area after finding it had broken into a concession employee housing cabin. Nobody was present in the cabin at the time. The bear matched the description and photos of a bear who had been reported multiple times in the area since Memorial Day weekend.

Glacier Park Avalanche Leaves Bikers Trapped For Hours

By • May 28, 2019

An avalanche left more than a dozen bicyclists trapped for hours on Glacier National Park’s Going-to-the-Sun road Monday. Crews worked to plow through the snow and get the bikers to safety.

Glacier National Park Officials Set Plans To Trap Grizzlies

By • May 10, 2019
A grizzly bear visiting a wire hair snag station near Glacier National Park.
Glacier National Park (PD)

KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — Glacier National Park officials plan to capture and mark 10 female grizzly bears as part of an ongoing effort to monitor the population in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem.

The Daily Inter Lake reports park officials announced Wednesday that the trapping efforts will continue through October at various spots in the Montana park.

Eagle Found Dead In Glacier Park Was Killed By Lead Poisoning

By • May 1, 2019
Lab results show a bald eagle that died in Glacier National Park in February died from lead poisoning.
(PD)

Recent lab results show a bald eagle that died in Glacier National Park in February died from lead poisoning. The news comes about two weeks after Yellowstone National Park reported a golden eagle found there in December also died from lead poisoning.

Bear Managers Look To Reduce Highway Deaths As Grizzly Populations Expand

By • Apr 30, 2019
Causes of known and probable documented mortalities of grizzly bear in the NCDE.
Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks


On Tuesday, grizzly bear managers announced that a representative from Montana’s Department of Transportation will be joining their committee in hopes of reducing a growing number of bear deaths on highways.

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