Haleakala National Park News

Hitching Dobbin to the sleigh and driving the family into the snowy woods to chop down a Christmas tree is not an option on Maui, but there are many kinds of trees to be had and many ways to get them - including cutting down an invasive pine and dragging it home for free.

It's proper name is Ohe'o Pools or Ohe'o Gulch, but is known by locals and tourists as 7 Sacred Pools.

House By The Rising Sun - is the earth's largest dormant volcano and extends just over 10,000 feet above the clouds of Maui.

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.

When Buddy Squires and Dayton Duncan walked out to the lava fields at Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, they experienced a landscape like none other.

If Hawaii is your idea of a dream vacation, then Maui ought to be the realization of that dream.

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.

In 2003, a flash flood swept two Halakeala National Park visitors over a waterfall to their deaths.

A Louisville doctor whose husband and daughter were swept over a waterfall to their deaths in a Hawaii national park six years ago has reached a $5million settlement in her lawsuit against the U.S. government.

A Kentucky family has reached a $5 million settlement for the deaths of 2 relatives at Haleakala National Park.

A Kentucky doctor has reached a $5 million settlement with the federal government over the deaths of her husband and 8-year-old daughter, who died after flooding washed them over a 184-foot waterfall at a national park in Hawaii.

The University of Hawaii will receive $296,270 from the National Science Foundation to upgrade sonar instruments and equipment of its research ship Kilo Moana.

One of the highlights of any trip to Maui and Haleakala National Park is the bicycle ride from the Summit of Mount Haleakala, which, at 10,023 feet, is the world's largest dormant volcano.

Maui County officials on Sunday evening announced the closures of parks around the islands as crews prepare for the arrival of Tropical Storm Felicia.

One of the highlights of any trip to Maui and Haleakala National Park is the bicycle ride from the Summit of Mount Haleakala, which, at 10,023 feet, is the world's largest dormant volcano.

Invading wasps in Haleakala National Park, which in their home range make nests the size of a football, have grown nests "the size of a '57 Buick." Research just published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows a fascinating interplay in which the invaders are being shaped by their new environment, just as they are drastically ...

As part of Pacific Whale Foundation's Volunteering on Vacation program, a group of 124 Kamehameha School incoming freshmen participated in a volunteer service project at Haleakala National Park on Friday, July 24.

Invasive wasps on Hawaii island and Maui have expanded their diet to the point where they are disrupting the populations of native insects, spiders and birds, a new study has found.

This weekend, July 18-19, 2009, is the second of the Fee-Free Weekends at our National Parks.

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