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Glacier National ParkMountains rise above Lake McDonald
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Glacier National Park
FireWorks Curriculum
 

Developed by the Fire Lab in Missoula, MT, this curriculm features ponderosa, lodgepole, and whitebark pine forests, and provides students with interactive, hands-on materials to study the forces that cause change in forests, particularly wildland fire.

The entire curriculum is on-line, complete with color graphics, on the U. S. Forest Service - Missoula Fire Sciences Lab website.

The FireWorks educational trunk is available for loan from Glacier National Park, as well as from Flathead National Forest.

Lake McDonald  

Did You Know?
Lake McDonald is the largest lake in the park with a length of 10 miles and a depth of 472 feet. The glacier that carved the Lake McDonald valley is estimated to have been around 2,200 feet thick.

Last Updated: April 12, 2008 at 23:20 EST