Headwaters
Headwaters is a show about how Glacier National Park is connected to everything else.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 35 minutes
- Episodes
- 47
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Bonus | How the Going-to-the-Sun Road Got Its Name, and More!
How did the Going-to-the-Sun Road get its name? What's the difference between "the east side" and East Glacier? Take a shallow dip into place names of Glacier in this short bonus episode. Send us you…
00:07:47 |
Fri 27 Jun 2025
Climate and Electrical Solutions with Katie Pfennigs
A conversation with Katie Pfennigs, who is the Director of External Affairs and Energy Services at the Flathead Electric Cooperative. This episode was recorded in May 2024.
Headwaters is created by …
00:46:55 |
Mon 30 Sep 2024
Bonus | How to Win at Glacier
A lively debate between Michael Faist and Peri Sasnett about the best activities in Glacier, moderated by Sophia Britto. If you're planning a visit to the park, this episode might give you some ideas…
00:10:22 |
Tue 20 Aug 2024
Climate and Living with Fire with Jennifer Gibson
A conversation with Jennifer Gibson, who coordinates post-wildfire response for the National Park Service. This episode was recorded in May 2024.
Headwaters is created by Daniel Lombardi, Gaby Eseve…
00:41:42 |
Fri 02 Aug 2024
Bonus | Visiting Glacier in Style
Planning a trip to Glacier and don't know what to wear? We've got fashion tips for you, along with the latest news from the park.
Glacier Conservancy: glacier.org
Frank Waln music: www.instagram.co…
00:06:09 |
Wed 03 Jul 2024
Bonus | Answering Your Questions
A mini mailbag episode answering listener-submitted questions. Send us your questions for future episodes at [email protected] with the subject "Headwaters."
Glacier Conservancy: glacier.org
Fr…
00:13:46 |
Fri 31 May 2024
Bonus | How to Level Up Your Trip Planning
A mini episode on the various ways to plan a trip to Glacier. Tune in to our next bonus episode where we'll answer listener-submitted questions on the show. Email your questions to glac_media_lab@nps…
00:07:03 |
Thu 16 May 2024
Climate and Health with Dr. Danielle Buttke
A conversation with Dr. Danielle Buttke, who works for the National Park Service at the intersection of human, wildlife, and environmental health. This episode was recorded in September 2023.
Glacie…
00:53:21 |
Tue 14 May 2024
Climate and History with Elizabeth Villano
A conversation with Elizabeth Villano, from the NPS Climate Change Response Program, about telling climate stories and finding hope. This episode was recorded in June of 2023.
Glacier Conservancy: h…
00:53:49 |
Tue 30 Apr 2024
Climate and the Future of Forests with Dr. Tyler Hoecker
A conversation with Dr. Tyler Hoecker, who studies forest ecology and the changing dynamics of fire as the climate warms. This episode was recorded in August of 2023.
Glacier Conservancy: https://gl…
00:38:45 |
Tue 16 Apr 2024
Climate and the Cryosphere with Dr. Caitlyn Florentine
A conversation with Dr. Caitlyn Florentine, research physical scientist with the US Geological Survey, who studies snow and ice in Glacier. This episode was recorded in May 2023.
Glacier Conservancy…
00:47:18 |
Tue 02 Apr 2024
Climate and Community with Mike Durglo, Jr.
A conversation with Mike Durglo, Jr., climate coordinator and head of Historic Preservation for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes. This episode was recorded in September of 2023.
Glacier C…
00:31:35 |
Tue 19 Mar 2024
Climate Interpretation with Diane Sine
A conversation with longtime interpretive ranger Diane Sine about a lifetime of watching change in Glacier. This episode was recorded in May of 2023.
Glacier Conservancy: https://glacier.org/headwa…
00:52:46 |
Tue 05 Mar 2024
Glacier’s Bats: A Story of Grief and Hope
The twin stories of bats facing white-nose syndrome in Glacier, and a volunteer who dedicated so much of his life to studying them. With disease and decline on the horizon for bats, what does the fut…
00:28:16 |
Tue 20 Feb 2024
Does Hiking Impact Wildlife? Check the Camera
What do animals do when we’re not around? One way to answer that is by using remote cameras. By focusing on two camera studies in Glacier, we learn more about two animals in the park, and those of us…
00:29:31 |
Tue 06 Feb 2024
Chasing Waterfalls: The Search for Glacier’s Hidden Wildlife
Chasing one of Glacier’s most elusive species, and getting comfortable in the dark. This is the story of Black Swifts in Glacier.
Headwaters is created by Daniel Lombardi, Michael Faist, Gaby Esever…
00:22:34 |
Tue 23 Jan 2024
Art, Science, and Alpine Potatoes
The cutest animal in Glacier may be at risk of disappearing, but it's hard to study an animal that lives under rocks, high in the mountains. How can we understand the hidden parts of the world around…
00:29:16 |
Tue 09 Jan 2024
Surviving a Near-Death Fall in a National Park
Morgan Bell spent 10 seasons working on Glacier’s trail crews—one of the toughest and most demanding jobs in the park. Until a single day—a single step—changed everything.
Headwaters is created by D…
00:31:45 |
Tue 19 Dec 2023
Living Seasonally: Advice from a Lifelong Ranger
We sit down with Chuck Cameron, a lifelong Glacier Ranger, to learn about his incredible and unusual career.
Headwaters is created by Daniel Lombardi, Michael Faist, Gaby Eseverri, and Peri Sasnett…
00:33:09 |
Tue 05 Dec 2023
Can Ranger Traditions Survive into the Future?
We meet a ranger who lives in one of the wildest corners of Glacier—a place where age-old tools and skills are still practiced daily. But do traditional skills, or this way of life, still have a plac…
00:29:14 |
Tue 21 Nov 2023
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