Lassen Volcanic National Park News

A handful of high school students are getting the chance to work with NASA. KNPB TV's Liz Welti takes us to NASA's Jr.

WHAT YOU'LL SEE: Snowplow crews on Lassen's Main Park Highway punched through at 8,500 feet this past week and then opened the road Friday for the first time to visitor traffic in nearly six months.

Beginning in 2008, students from Red Bluff Union High school have been granted the opportunity to join an internship that allows them to do NASA research in Lassen Volcanic National Park.

Advocates of turning Mount St. Helens into a national park aren't ready to give up on the idea, despite an advisory committee's recommendation to keep it with the U.S. Forest Service.

Memorial Day weekend may mean the start of summer in the Sacramento Valley, but Lassen Volcanic National Park still has snow.

Lassen Volcanic National Park plans to initiate the Crescent Prescribed Fire Project following the Memorial Day weekend.

Highway 4 over Ebbetts Pass opened for the season last weekend and Caltrans hopes to open Highway 108 over Sonora Pass today.

The musical presentation, under the direction of J.E. Ball, will feature both vocal and instrumental music, was scheduled for June 1. Admission was 15 cents for adults and 10 cents for children.

Lassen Volcanic National Park fire staff plans to take advantage of a projected burn window between Thursday, May 7, and Friday, May 22, to reintroduce fire into the park.

The May 19 meeting of the Greater Battle Creek Watershed Working Group will be held at the new Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center near the south entrance of Lassen Volcanic National Park.

The author is Lassen County historian Tim I. Purdy, whose last book was 'The Lake Almanor Story.' In addition to historical research and writing, Purdy is a volunteer at Lassen Volcanic National Park.

MINERAL Lassen Volcanic National Park will be receiving $15.7 million in stimulus money the second highest amount to be distributed to any National Park in the state.

With nearly $16 million in federal stimulus funds apparently headed its way, Lassen Volcanic National Park is looking into an array of projects ranging from potties on the peak to 11 miles of much-improved park road.

Lassen Volcanic National Park has awarded a 10-year contract to California Guest Services to provide visitor services within the park.

California Guest Services has been awarded a 10-year contract by the National Park Service to provide visitor services within Lassen Volcanic National Park .

" National park visitors now have some additional help with trip planning - " not where to go, but rather how to get there.

Jim Shepherd, a visitor to Mount St. Helens, takes a photo of a small eruption in 2004.

JETS of sulphurous steam roar out of holes in the ground and an eggy stench hangs in the air.

The local firm of Ward-Young Architecture & Planning designed the recently completed Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center, located at the south entrance of Lassen Volcanic National Park.

Winter has arrived in full swing at Lassen Volcanic National Park. As an annual rite of passage, recent storms have closed the road through the park to vehicle traffic for the winter season.