#National Park Service

Law enforcement at Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park are investigating after the 70-year-old Volcano man was struck while riding Tuesday morning by a gold sedan.

The Friends of Haleakalā National Park seeks National Park Service volunteers who are enthusiastic and fit for a strenuous three-night backpacking service trip into the parkʻs Wilderness Areas Tuesday to Thursday, Dec. 10 to 12.

The middle East Rift Zone eruption significantly increased in volume on the afternoon of Sept. 18.

The community now has until March 31 to provide input on the Kīlauea Summit Area and Corridor Management Plan.

Overall, the National Park Service announced that 400 national parks reported a total of 325.5 million visitors in 2023, an increase of 13 million or 4% over 2022.

The plan provides for the continuation of air tours at reduced levels over the park and within a half-mile of its boundary to protect natural and cultural resources, wilderness, the integrity of Native Hawaiian sacred sites and ceremonial areas, and visitor experiences. 

The draft plan lays out existing barriers to accessibility, provides recommendations for improving in-park access and proposes timeframes to implement changes.

Even without the allure of an eruption, park visitation soars during the holidays.

If biologists determine the nēnē pair requires more protection, additional areas could close with little notice.

An interdisciplinary team, including park and regional staff, identified the key experiences in each park and evaluated park areas to determine which would be considered for accessibility improvements.

Commenters on social media skip the poll choices and named their own spooky place.

Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park plans to remove the existing maintenance and resource management structures to restore the landscape, avoid sensitive archeological sites, and move away from the tidal and coastal zones.

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reports that the summit of Kīlauea volcano remains at a high level of inflation and eruptive activity is possible in the coming weeks or months. The unrest is expected to fluctuate as magma moves around the area. Over the past 24 hours, USGS recorded around 86 earthquakes in the Kīlauea summit region. Most of the earthquakes from the seismic swarm south of the caldera are at depths of around 1–3 km (0.6–2 mi) below the surface.

The suspect stole several pieces of equipment ranging in total value of between $15,000 and $25,000.

Cabin permits and gate access through the ranch are required and a high-clearance 4WD is needed for ʻĀinapō Road. Safety information, preparedness tips and directions to obtain a permit for Mauna Loa Summit Cabin are on the park website. Permits cost $10 (plus the park entrance fee) and can include up to 12 people for as many as three nights.  

Scolari is a 29-year veteran of the National Park Service and has worked at numerous parks, including completing a six-month detail as acting superintendent of War in the Pacific National Historical Park and American Memorial Park in Guam and Saipan. He most recently served as superintendent of Dinosaur National Monument in Colorado and Utah.

This is the fifth eruption in the past four years.

Spending by the 1.6 million visitors to the park last year supported 1,500 jobs in the area and $195 million in economic output in local gateway economies surrounding the park.

The award honors a team for outstanding contributions to education and modeling innovation and adaptation within education program planning, development and implementation.

It’s important to evaluate what generates such large eruptions of the Big Island volcano because a similar eruption today would be devastating to communities surrounding Kīlauea summit and downwind.