Glacier National Park was established in 1910 due to the somewhat unique combination of effort between entrepreneurs and environmentalist foresight. In 1900, the government declared the region of what was to become Glacier a forest preserve. Because of abuse of the land by miners and homesteaders over the next 10 years people like George Grinnell one of the nation's earliest environmentalists, advocated for the establishment of Glacier National Park.
In 1910, Grinnell's vision of a pristine wilderness reserve came to fruition. Another environmentalist, John Muir called Glacier the best "care-killing scenery on the continent." Today, Glacier extends for almost 1.4 million acres across Montana. It is home to awesome geology and scenery as well as wild flowers, like asters and Indian paintbrush, and wildlife, like black bears and bighorn sheep. Mountain goats, wolves, mule dear, beavers, otters, adders, and even bald eagles make Glacier Park their home.
In 1932, Glacier National Park officially became adjoined to its Canadian neighbor, Waterton Lakes National Park. In 1995, these two parks were named as a world heritage site. Hikers can travel across more than 730 miles of mountain trails. Along the way you can see Native American tribal land and watch the awesome power of glaciers at work carving up ancient sandstone.
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