#Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park Youth Ranger Program is now 10 years old.

During a reception in Arlington, Virginia, on June 26, 2019, Volcano Watch was awarded First Place in the NAGC’s Electronic Publication category.

Attorney Jeffrey E. Foster will hold a free town hall meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, about the recently announced Lloyd’s of London class action settlement in New Jersey.

Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park has announced flight plans for September 2019.

Scientists recently reanalyzed deformation data on Kīlauea’s south flank and found that only a few isolated portions of the Hilina fault system moved.

The Steam Vents parking lot in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park will be closed Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, from 8 a.m. to noon.

Volcanoes on Hawai‘i Island played an important role in moon exploration, providing a training ground for astronauts who brought back the first lunar samples.

The recent appearance of water at the bottom of Halema‘uma‘u, a crater at the summit of Kīlauea Volcano, has attracted wide attention and generated questions.

Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park has named Detroit-based musician and composer Andy Jarema its artist in residence for the month of August.

The park said in a release it regrets any noise impact to residents and park visitors. Dates and times are subject to change based on aircraft availability and weather.

At roughly 2:09 p.m. Thursday, a park employee reported a single vehicle accident on the Hilo-bound lane at mile marker 35 on Highway 11 in the Ka‘u Desert area of the park.

The lava flow worried residents of Hilo for a time because, after ponding and likely inflating behind Puʻuhuluhulu, it suddenly broke out toward the city at alarming rates of about 2 to 3 kilometers per day (1.5 to 2 miles per day) for nearly a week in late December.

Now, for the first time in over three decades, Kīlauea is not erupting. At the summit of the volcano, earthquake activity is low, and most of the National Park is open for business. No lava is flowing anywhere on Kīlauea, and volcanic air pollution on the island is the lowest it’s been since the early 1980s.

Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park will close its Steam Vents parking lot Thursday as park staff continue efforts to eradicate little fire ants from the area.

Hawaiʻi County has launched a new phase of Talk Action, Take Action, as part of the gather-information-share-information initiative for Kīlauea eruption recovery.

Park officials reopened Nāpau Crater and a two-mile section of trail in Kīlauea volcano’s East Rift Zone wilderness on July 11, 2019.

Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park rangers offer tips so all visitors have a positive and memorable time in the park.

Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park announced upcoming flight plans for July 2019.

A New York Times bestselling comic journalist and artist will present his nonfiction comic based on the aftermath of the 2018 Kīlauea eruption on June 25.

Sen. Mazie K. Hirono secured a commitment from Ormat Technologies Executive Paul Thomsen at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on June 20.