“Water is the most expressive element in nature,” Canadian watercolor painter Walter Phillips once mused. “It responds to every mood from tranquility to turbulence.”

Add Lassen Volcanic National Park to the list units wtihin the National Park System going cashless. Beginning May 1, 2023, Lassen will transition to a fully cashless fee system and only accept mobile or electronic payments for entrance and permit fees. Acceptable forms of payment will include credit and debit cards as well payment apps on mobile devices.

Avian Influenza has been confirmed as the cause of mortality for three California condors found in northern Arizona. The Arizona-Utah population moves throughout northern Arizona and southern Utah, using the landscape within Grand Canyon National Park, Zion National Park, Vermillion Cliffs National Monument, the Kaibab Plateau, and surrounding areas.

For decades, officials from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center and International Tsunami Information Center, the Pacific Tsunami Museum, and other government officials have used April for a month-long campaign to educate the public on recognizing and mitigating hazards from tsunamis, a series of waves generated when a large volume of ocean water is displaced.