The Fecal Fountains of Logan Pass
A case study of mismanagement in the mountains
For the 50th anniversary of the National Park Service in 1966, Logan Pass—the high point of Glacier National Park’s road system—was getting a new visitor center.
The building was tremendous, but it was negative coverage that made headline news. This is the story of everything that came next, and what went wrong, around the Logan Pass Visitor Center.
Excerpted from the episode Confluence | Logan Pass, from season one of Headwaters. Season One set out to share stories of nature and culture from each major region of Glacier National Park.
“It was an awful sight... undecomposed fecal matter was sprayed onto the subalpine vegetation, killing some of it with the liquids then flowing into Reynolds Creek.”
Who I Spoke With
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Jeff Hoyt
NPS - Facilities Maintenance