A line of vehicles waiting to enter Glacier National Park extends to the bridge over the Middle Fork of the Flathead River in West Glacier on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
August 4, 2021
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Glacier National Park saw fewer visitors in August
Visitation in Glacier National Park continued its downward trend in August as the park saw nearly 21,000 fewer visitors in the month than it did a year ago.
Senate bill looks to alleviate park crowding, gateway stresses
A congressional bill sponsored by Montana Sen. Steve Daines aims to bolster so-called gateway communities overrun with burgeoning tourism at federal lands by tapping federal coffers to address local housing, infrastructure and other visitation woes.
2021 was Glacier's 2nd busiest ever
Despite December visitation numbers being down 37% from a year ago, Glacier National Park finished 2021 with the second highest visitation on record, according to preliminary statistics released by the National Park Service on Monday.
West Glacier Vision Plan offers guide for growth
Planning Board hearing next hurdle in adoption process
The heavily traveled Going-to-the-Sun Road serves as the west entrance to Glacier National Park, but it's also West Glacier's main street. It's a conundrum that has put the West Glacier community in a struggle to save its small-town soul amid burgeoning park visitation and the accompanying impacts.