Many Glacier Wildlife Viewing Plan/Environmental Assessment

Glacier National Park proposes to enhance the wildlife viewing experience for visitors along the Many Glacier Road and at the Swiftcurrent parking lot, provide better protection for wildlife, improve parking opportunities at pullouts, and improve traffic and pedestrian safety. The proposed action includes the enlargement and/or improvement of heavily used pullouts in popular wildlife viewing areas, the formalization of some undesignated pullouts, the removal of pullouts that are too close to wildlife crossing areas, and the development of a new pullout. A designated wildlife viewing area would be constructed at the Swiftcurrent Motor Inn parking lot, and orientation to the Iceberg Lake/Ptarmigan Trail would be improved. A short trail would be constructed to the meadow at Apikuni Flat, a foot and bicycle path would be formalized between the Many Glacier Hotel T intersection and the Swiftcurrent parking lot, additional educational and interpretive resources would be provided, and the speed limit from the entrance station to the Hotel T intersection would be reduced from 45 mph to 35 mph. An action alternative and a no action alternative were evaluated.


Comments are due October 16 and can be posted online at http://parkplanning.nps.gov or sent by mail to Superintendent Glacier National Park, Attn: Many Glacier EA, P.O. Box 128, West Glacier, Montana 59936. A public meeting will be held October 6, from 5 – 7 p.m. at the St. Mary Visitor Center.

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