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Category Archives: Glacier National Park
Give back, get out on Public Lands Day
Saturday, Sept. 24, is National Public Lands Day, and several opportunities to lend a hand or get outside are available in Montana. In Missoula, volunteers are needed for four service projects. Missoula Parks and Recreation is leading a cleanup and … Continue reading
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Wildflower Walk for Aug. 4
Fireweed Epilobium angustifolium Description: Pink flowers about 1 inch wide with four petals clustered near the top of a stem 1 to 7 feet tall with lance-shaped leaves 2 to 6 inches long. Grows in rich soil in moist or … Continue reading
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Wildflower walk for July 28
Alaska rein orchid Piperia unalascensis Description: Pale green flowers with three sepals about one-eighth of an inch long, two spreading to sides and downward and one joined to upper two petals to form a hood. Third petal is fleshy, lance-shaped … Continue reading
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Explore July’s explosion of colorful flowers
I’m a little late this month, but here are a handful of ways to celebrate the explosion of colorful wildflowers on western Montana’s hillsides in July: On Friday, July 15, through Sunday, July 17, the Montana chapter of the Sierra … Continue reading
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June bloom events in western Montana
June is here, and western Montana wildflower-related events are picking up. On Tuesday, June 7, join the Flathead Chapter of the Montana Native Plant Society and Glacier National Park biologist Tara Carolin for a two-hour walk up the Columbia Mountain … Continue reading
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Get ready for Glacier backcountry
Some of the best – and quietest – places to see wildflowers in Glacier are away from roads, lodges and nearby trails – and the national park recently released its 2011 guide to backcountry camping. The park began accepting advance … Continue reading
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Fall color in Montana
Today is the first full day of autumn, but fall colors have been around for a while. Huckleberry bushes have gone bright red and aspens are yellow. Purple asters can still be seen, but pinedrops are but rusty stalks. And … Continue reading
Tweet your summer vacation
As summer comes to a close and students return to school, we are reminded of the time-honored tradition of the “How I Spent My Summer Vacation” paper. This year, the Missoulian is putting a modern twist on the assignment by … Continue reading
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Walk for July 29
Yellow columbine Aquilegia flavescens Description: Flowers are made up of five cream to yellow petals that are open in the front and taper to yellow spurs and five yellow sepals. They stand atop stems 8 to 30 inches tall with … Continue reading
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Send me on a walk
It’s nearly time for my annual summer trip to Glacier National Park. While finding wildflowers there is never difficult, deciding on which trails to hike is more of a chore – albeit one with a great reward. My wife and … Continue reading
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