Hawaii Volcanoes National Park News

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L AVA, THE KIND THAT CHASES after Tommy Lee Jones in the movies, can reach temperatures of 2,000 F-hot enough to torch trees, immolate towns, and singe the eyebrows off your face from 50 feet away.

Join me for a driving tour of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island of Hawaii.

With many state parks in danger of closure or curtailed operations, our national parks take on even greater importance.

With all the dismal news lately about Hawaii's public school furloughs, it was a breath of much-needed fresh air to get wind of Iliahi Elementary School's Dragon Cafe.

Ken Burns' series, "The National Parks: America's Best Idea," includes Hawaii Volcanoes National Park footage shot by Buddy Squires and Dayton Duncan in the lava fields at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.

Ken Burns' latest epic about the creation of America's national parks premieres on PBS stations beginning September 27, 2009.

Volcanoes National Park is located on the big island of Hawaii and offers an experience unlike any you are likely to find anywhere else in the world.

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park will be featured on a new quarter as part of the U.S. Mint "America The Beautiful Quarters Program." It will be the 14th quarter issued in the program, which begins in 2011.

Most of them left Honolulu on Wednesday afternoon. The team is made up of firefighters from Hawaii Volcanoes, Haleakala, Puukohola Heiau, and WW II Valor in the Pacific national parks.

Some local firefighters are headed to California to help tame the massive fire. We learned Tuesday that 20, most from Hawaii Volcanoes National Park will join the fight.

Sure, you know that a luau features a whole roasted pig, that Mount Waialeale on Kauai is the wettest earth on Earth and that humuhumunukunukuapuaa is not only the state fish, but also is fun to say.

Get sun-kissed on the Kohala Coast of the Big Island for a rate that doesn't come along too often.

Get sun-kissed on the Kohala Coast of the Big Island for a rate that doesn't come along too often.

The park includes more than lava and rock. NPS photo. All backcountry trails and campsite at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park have been closed until further notice, due to the expected arrival of Tropical Storm Felicia.

Hawaii braced for Tropical Storm Felicia on Sunday, taking no chances even though the storm weakened rapidly as it slipped toward the islands.

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.

To date, only two companies rent campers on the islands: Happy Campers Hawaii on the Big Island and Aloha Campers on Maui.

Big Island foliage grower Enrique Martinez said he is not planning any off-island trips this weekend, and he is closely watching the forecasts for Hurricane Felicia to determine whether ocean shipments of his products might be canceled.