Glacial retreat warrants "endangered" status for U.S.-Canada parks: groups

HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Glacier National Park in Montana and adjacent Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta should be declared endangered, because climate change is eliminating glaciers and harming the park environment, a dozen organizations said in a petition.

Glacier has 27 glaciers, down from about 150 in 1850, said ecologist Dan Fagre, who co-ordinates global change research for the U.S. Geological Survey at West Glacier.