February is Mahina ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, Hawaiian Language Month, and an opportunity to appreciate the value that the Native Hawaiian language has provided to volcanology, especially here in Hawaiʻi nei.

Our journey back in time begins with a quick trip across Bonne Bay to an isolated cove where we will have important work to do. The work will be mental, not physical, and will end with a campfire and meal.

Road improvement projects at Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park in Colorado will begin later this year and continue through 2025.

National Park Service Director Chuck Sams violated his agency's "protective mandate" for wildlife when he allowed the Jemez Pueblo to kill a bald or golden eagle inside Valles Caldera National Preserve last fall, according to a number of retired Park Service managers and wildlife biologists.