This past summer, I took a course, Montana Master Naturalist, with the Glacier Institute. When I stepped out of the bus arriving at Glacier Institute Field Camp, I thought, “This is heaven: cabins with beds, a kitchen, and even a library. No tents, and Yes! showers.”
Every day, we went on nature walks to learn about the plants and birds around us. We did not have to go far. One of the instructors pointed out a Rufous Hummingbird nest in our camp area. These tiny pollinators weave their nests from twigs, bits of leaves, and spider web material. Even the smallest of creatures at Glacier made my visit worthwhile.
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
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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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