John White Series: Denny Olson on “Glacier National Park: The Little-known Stories Behind the Grandeur”

When people see Glacier National Park for the first time, the scenery—the big, big picture—is beyond obvious. When park-interpretation veterans see visitors standing slack-jawed, we like to think of the park as "nature's stun gun."

The grandeur is constant and, after 27 years of teaching in the park, Denny Olson is not jaded in the least. Huge mountains, clear azure lakes, giant snowfields, a few active glaciers, and what they carved--so much vertical.

It speaks for itself.

Behind that grandeur are some fascinating natural history stories. Glacier is one of the rare areas—maybe the only national park in the United States—that has always had all of its original species of animals, the ones that have been here for thousands of years.

From scientific beginnings as an ornithologist and geologist, Denny Olson forged an unlikely union between science, humor and drama, and established a national reputation as an innovative storytelling performer and educator.

Since he moved to the Flathead Valley 28 years ago. Olson has written an 88-activity Glacier-Waterton Peace Park curriculum, written the "Nature and Science" section for the Glacier National Park website, and continues to guide and teach in the park today

All John White Series talks are followed by social time in Hollensteiner-Stahl Hall.

Pricing:
Full series: Member $40 non-member $75
Individual: Member $15 non-member $20