Last October, while marveling over the gushing Riverside Geyser in Yellowstone National Park, I happened to look up and saw a small jet making circles overhead. Obviously, the pilot and his passengers wanted to watch the eruption as well. According to the National Park Service, that was the only authorized overflight for the month in Yellowstone, but across the National Park System there were tens of thousands of overflights last year that, while providing a bird's eye view of spectacular scenery, can be an annoyance to those on the ground.

Hawaiians now have a new way to support their national parks: Buy a specialty license plate. The colorful, iconic scenes from Haleakalā National Park and Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park will both showcase the natural wonders and provide funding to the parks when purchased.

Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park rangers on Monday were investigating how a 38-year-old man came to fall 250 feet to his death inside Kīlauea Caldera. The man's body was recovered by park rangers early Sunday morning near the bottom of the caldera.