The Glacier National Park Conservancy’s board of trustees recently awarded four grants totalling $30,000 for projects in Glacier National Park.

Nine other grants for Park projects were announced earlier. The money comes from sales of the Conservancy’s specialty license plates and from annual fund donors.

“As National Park budgets continue to be challenging, we want to provide support to the Park and assist in meeting the needs of the roughly 2 million visitors to the Park each year,” executive director Jane Ratzlaff said. “We have an opportunity to step up to the plate and increase our role as the official philanthropic partner of Glacier National Park by supporting education, research, visitor experience and preservation needs in the Park.”

The four grants will go to a Park museum project, construction of the Redrocks overlook parking area on the Going-to-the-Sun Road, providing bear-proof storage lockers for campgrounds and supporting youth volunteer groups.

For more information, visit online at www.glacierfund.org or call 892-3250.