Glacier Park officials talk on range of topics during speaker series

A talk from Glacier National Park’s recently retired chief ranger, an introduction to Native American culture and a presentation about what visitors can expect this summer are all part of the Glacier National Park Volunteer Associates upcoming 2025 Winter Speaker Series.

Paul Austin, who retired last year after 28 years as the park’s chief ranger, will give the first talk in the series at the Northwest Montana History Museum on Jan. 27 at 7 p.m. He will be giving attendees an inside look into what it takes to locate and assist injured and lost visitors across the park’s 1 million acres, according to a release from the Volunteer Associates.  

Austin started work in the summer of 1995 in the Belly River area of Glacier National Park as a Student Conservation Association intern and worked in Glacier, Rocky Mountain, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Denali and Saguaro national parks. He became Glacier’s chief ranger in 2014.