Hawaii Volcanoes News

Maui County and Oahu are under a tropical storm watch as Tropical Storm Felicia, although weakening, is expected to bring some heavy showers Tuesday.

The Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park will be closing all back country trails and campsites due to Tropical Storm Felicia's approach, according to officials.

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The numbers are out for June visits to the National Parks in Hawaii, and only the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island saw an increase. Overall, there were 364,979 visitors to national park locations in Hawaii in the month of June, according to data from the National Park Service. That's down 34,547 - 8.6 percent - from 399,526 in June 2008.

There is a new lava ocean entry from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano eruption on the Big Island.According to the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, this is the third active ocean entry on the island, and the second active entry to occur inside the National Park. 

The Friends of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, in partnership with Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, have announced the 2009 rollout of the Hawai'i Volcanoes Institute. 

Hawaii’s national parks saw 14.7 percent fewer visitors in December, down from 400,571 in 2007 to 341,556, according to monthly data from the National Park Service. 

The Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands could become the second United Nations World Heritage site in Hawaii, joining Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

The land, sea and sky are unified in a new educational agreement among three Big Island-based institutions. Under an agreement signed last month, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, representing the land and volcanic activity, joined with Imiloa astronomy education center, representing the sky, and Mokupapapa Discovery Center, representing the sea, said Jim Gale, chief interpretation ranger at Volcanoes National Park.

Fewer people are visiting Hawaii’s national parks, reflecting the continued decline in visitors to the Islands. Hawaii’s national parks saw 10.5 percent fewer visitors in November, down from 368,986 in 2007 to 330,212, according to monthly data from the National Park Service.

A slow-moving tongue of lava is within a quarter-mile of the boundary of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Park officials say a mile-wide swath of lava from an October breach of a lava tube broke away from the main flow and is crawling toward the park.

More than two decades after reawakening, Hawaii's goddess of fire continues to belch molten rock from deep inside the earth.

Shhh. What's that? Can you hear anything? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. The amazing natural silence in the Hawai`i National Volcanoes Park has earned it the distinction of being one of the world's quietest places, according to a ForbesTraveler.com article by E. Readicker-Henderson.

Hawaii’s national parks continue to see fewer visitors this year, according to monthly data from the National Park Service. There were 3.1 million visitors to Hawaii’s national parks year-to-date as of August, down 10.5 percent from the more than 3.5 million visitors during the same period in 2007.