It didn’t take long to realize the freedom of the wilderness during my week-long stay at Big Creek. By the second day, a group of friends and I spontaneously decided to go fly-fishing in the river. We waded across fast flowing, freezing water to get to the small island, where I took this picture.
The weather was perfect, the air was warm, the water was cool, and we were all having fun taking photos, splashing around and catching fish. Although very few of us caught any fish, just spending the time to sit under the sun and appreciate the surrounding nature was calming and enlightening. As clouds floated by, I was able to enjoy the beauty of Earth and all of its living and nonliving things.
Sincerely,
Glacier National Park
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.
State(s): Montana
Established: 1910
“I support the national parks because nature should be cherished and protected. While most of our population spends life in the cities, soon not many will be able to witness the utter beauty of the natural world. As creatures that feed off of the land, it is our responsibility to respect and serve that land. ”
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Greetings from Glacier National Park
Family gatherings at Apgar since 1950s. My Dad’s favorite place to take us. We all have kept this tradition alive and will keep in our family generations to come.
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Greetings from Glacier National Park
I got to go to Glacier on a field trip for my Natural Resource Conservation class as a junior in high school. We spoke to some conservationists and did some activities like planting young trees and shrubs, as well as learning how to count and observe vegetation. It was an…
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