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Glacier National Park was established on May 11, 1910 by congress to protect over 1 million acers of land. The purpose behind this was to set up a wildlife refuge that could house and protect species of animals and plants from becoming extinct with the movement of settlers out west. Boasting over 700 lakes, 500 streams, 1900 various forms of plant life and 71 species of mammals, this is a hiker’s dream come true.
“Glacier National Park is where everything bright and strong and never tamed comes together on high: wolves, white-tailed ptarmigan, storms that hit the Great Divide like tsunamis with golden eagles surfing the wind waves, twisted trees 200 years old but scarcely tall enough to hide a bighorn sheep, impatient wildflowers shoving through …show more content…

These shy, territorial animals stick to their own boundaries of 10 to 20 square miles, high in the mountains. The size of a large dog, they have a grey coat with a lighter underbelly and hunt mainly hoofed animals for meat.

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Once almost extinct, they have successfully been reintroduced to Glacier National Park. You may hear their late night howls when camping near Bowman Lake.
Of all animals in Glacier National Park, wolves are the ones you will most likely hear at night but rarely see during the day. And let me tell you, wolf howls are terrifying! ("Glacier National Park Montana, Plants and Animals", 2017).
Along with these beautiful animals the park also consist of many forms of trees and other vegetation. Beargrass and bunchberry are two flowers that are abundant all over the mountain sides and plains of the park. Just as the park’s name is misleading, so is the name of beargrass. Bears have no use for it, nor is it a grass. It’s one of Glacier National Park’s most recognizable flowers and can grow at a wide-range of elevations. No matter what trail you hike, beargrass is sure to rise above the real grass and dot the landscape. They are four to five feet in height and are topped off with cream colored bulbs that look like an upside-down

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