Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park

Halema‘uma‘u's 1967-68 Eruption: Another Crater-Filler

Kīlauea’s activity from 2018 until now has been compared to cycles of summit collapse and refilling prior to 1924. However, Kīlauea also exhibited similar behavior during the 1967-68 Halema‘uma‘u eruption.

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By NPT Staff - July 23rd, 2023 2:30am

Two-Hundred Years Of Written Observations Of Kīlauea's Summit Activity

On August 1, 1823, an English missionary named William Ellis visited Kīlauea caldera with his Hawaiian guides on a tour of the Island of Hawaiʻi. He and his missionary companions were the first Westerners to visit the summit of Kīlauea, and the book that Ellis later published includes the first contemporary written observations of Kīlauea’s eruptive activity.

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By Compiled From N... - July 16th, 2023 2:30am

Nearly $16 Million Committed To Save Hawaiian Forest Birds

Nearly $16 million has been committed by the Interior Department on a plan to prevent the extinction of Hawaiian Forest Birds found in Haleakalā and Hawai'i Volcanoes national parks and elsewhere in the state.

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By Compiled From N... - June 29th, 2023 2:30am

License Plate Sales Generate $60,000 For Nēnē Monitoring Program At Hawai'i Volcanoes NationalPark

License plate sales in Hawai'i have generated $60,000 for the Nēnē Monitoring Program at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park.

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By Compiled From N... - June 11th, 2023 2:30am

Helicopter Industry Lobbying Against Proposed Cuts In National Park Air Tours

National Park Service proposals to reduce, and even ban, air tours over four national parks are being fought by the Helicopter Association International, which has asked its members and supporters to file comments against the proposals.

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By Kurt Repanshek - June 8th, 2023 1:38pm

Kīlauea Volcano Erupts At Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park

The Kīlauea volcano at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park burst into a violent eruption shortly before dawn Wednesday.

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By Kurt Repanshek - June 7th, 2023 4:15pm

Trails I’ve Hiked: Kīlauea Iki Trail

Imagine a lake of bright yellow-orange lava with a molten fountain gushing 1,900 feet (580m) in the air. Now imagine walking across a smoothed solid rock surface where that lava lake once churned, guided by ahu (rock cairns) past a tall cinder cone as you aim toward the other side. That’s the experience of the Kīlauea Iki Trail in Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park.

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By Rebecca Latson - May 27th, 2023 3:00am

UPDATE | National Parks Proposing To Ban, Significantly Cut Back Commercial Air Tours

Proposed air tour management plans for units of the National Park System released Monday range from a ban on the overflights to greatly reduced numbers of allowed flights, targets that were established with input from Indigenous stakeholders and the public at large.

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By Kurt Repanshek - May 15th, 2023 4:30pm

Five Years Later: Reflections On Kīlauea's Destructive 2018 Eruption

Five years ago, volcanic activity at Kīlauea dramatically changed when magma intruded into the lower East Rift Zone (LERZ). What happened at Kīlauea in 2018? What have been the resulting learning opportunities?

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By Kurt Repanshek - May 7th, 2023 2:45am

Protecting Nēnē, The Threatened State Bird Of Hawai'i

For four days, I drove in careful but determined circles around Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park scouring roadsides, parking lots and lawns looking for the world’s rarest goose.

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By Jennifer Bain - August 29th, 2024 2:53pm

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