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Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
Puʻuloa Petroglyphs
- Type: Place
A sacred site and the largest grouping of petroglyphs in Hawaiʻi.
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
Nāhuku Lava Tube
- Type: Place
A 500-year old cave where a river of lava once flowed.
Capitol Reef National Park
Scenic Drive Stop 3
- Type: Place
Ancient environments determine today’s rock types and colors.
- Type: Article
This finding aid describes the National Park Service Civilian Conservation Corps Collection at the NPS History Collection.
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This finding aid describes the "Nature Notes" Collection, part of the NPS History Collection.
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When the howling started in predawn darkness, natural sound recordist Jacob Job signaled to his research assistant to stop. Wolves. Cold and crouched in snow in the remote backcountry of the park with microphones and recording gear to the ready, the Colorado State University (CSU) scientists waited and listened. Silence. Then … the stealthy sound of crunching footsteps approaching.
Capulin Volcano National Monument
Capulin Volcano National Monument
- Type: Place
Capulin Volcano National Monument provides access to nature’s most awe-inspiring work. Come view a dramatic landscape—a unique place of mountains, plains, and sky—born of fire and forces continually reshaping the earth’s surface.
Scotts Bluff National Monument
Saddle Rock Trail
- Type: Place
The Saddle Rock Trail is the most popular hiking trail at Scotts Bluff National Monument. The trail leads 1.6 miles from the Scotts Bluff National Monument Visitor Center to the summit of Scotts Bluff. It is a 435 foot ascent featuring some of the best views in the state of Nebraska.
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Read the abstract and get the link to a published paper on a model to predict mercury risk park waterbodies: Kotalik, C.J. et al. 2025. Ecosystem drivers of freshwater mercury bioaccumulation are context-dependent: insights from continental-scale modeling. Environmental Science & Technology. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c07280
Lassen Volcanic National Park
Learning from Fire at Lassen
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Wildfires have been burning more land, more frequently, and at higher severity levels since the mid-1980s in the western US. Some forested areas may convert to non-forest as a result. Though patchy openings in forests are ecologically valuable, extensive loss of forest means an overall loss of habitat for forest dwelling wildlife and other consequences. Learn about two recently published studies of fire effects on forests at Lassen Volcanic National Park.
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In this issue of the Klamath Kaleidoscope, we share updates about white-nose syndrome in bats and how we are addressing it, learning from fire at Lassen Volcanic National Park, new network staff and other new faces offering valuable support to network parks, and we highlight where bat intern, Kira Ware has landed in her career. Scroll down for updates from vital sign monitoring this past summer and recent outreach and publications.
Valles Caldera National Preserve
San Antonio Creek
- Type: Place
Below the north rim of the volcanic caldera and about 12 miles from the Entrance Station, San Antonio Creek meanders through the lush mountain meadows of Valle San Antonio and is home to thousands of non-native brown trout. Elk, bear, coyote, and mountain bluebirds are often spotted along the banks of the creek.
Great Basin National Park
Series: The Midden - Great Basin National Park: Vol. 24, No. 2, Winter 2024
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The Midden is the Resource Management Newsletter of Great Basin National Park, published each summer and winter. Find out the latest going on at Great Basin National Park, Nevada in resource management and research. The Midden – Great Basin National Park: Vol. 24, No. 2, Winter 2024
Great Basin National Park
Series: The Midden - Great Basin National Park: Vol. 24, No. 2, Winter 2024
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The Midden is the Resource Management Newsletter of Great Basin National Park, published each summer and winter. Find out the latest going on at Great Basin National Park, Nevada in resource management and research. The The Midden – Great Basin National Park: Vol. 24, No. 2, Winter 2024
Valles Caldera National Preserve
"Valles Caldera - Setting the Scene" by Melissa Fu
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What you have to understand is that we’re sitting in the middle of a volcano. Not an active one, mind you; we won’t be fleeing ash clouds and lava flow without warning. But not an extinct one, either. So don’t get too complacent. This volcano is dormant. It’s only sleeping. Activity is still very much possible.
Yellowstone National Park
Mud Volcano Trailhead
- Type: Place
The Mud Volcano area has many mudpots and hillsides strewn with trees cooked by steam. The hydrothermal features here are some of the most acidic in the park. Mud Volcano is near the greatest uplift and sinking of the Yellowstone Caldera floor. Many faults converge here and earthquakes are common.Approximately 0.6 mile (1 km) loop trail. The clockwise route is less steep than the counterclockwise route. Start at the south trailhead for a more gradual incline up the hillside.
Yellowstone National Park
Mud Volcano
- Type: Place
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
A Fertile Landscape: Unearthing Agricultural Archeology at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
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Archeologists at the University of Hawai’i Mānoa and National Park Service staff at Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park want to know more about the stone walls - kuaiwi - in the Kaʻū Field System. Why did ancient Hawaiians build them and what can they teach modern farmers about cultivating a more sustainable future?
Yellowstone National Park
The Land Tells the Story
- Type: Place
Yellowstone National Park
Norris Geyser Basin Trailhead
- Type: Place
Limited parking, especially 10 am-6 pm. Park at your own risk. When Steamboat Geyser erupts, dissolved minerals in the spray can damage glass and paint on your vehicle.Norris Geyser Basin is one of the hottest and most acidic of Yellowstone's hydrothermal areas. It is outside of the most recent Yellowstone caldera, but inside the first and largest caldera. It sits on the intersection of three major faults and is a very active earthquake area. Constant ChangeEach year, new hot