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Wildflowers on the Pumice Plain 25 years later

At 8:32 Sunday morning, May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted and blew down or scorched 230 square miles of forest...30 years later, recovery at Mount St. Helens continues... Read more...





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Mount St. Helens NVM Strategic Investment Plan

This is the cover to the MSH Strategic Investment Plan

This plan shares the direction employees and partners envision for the monument into the future. It includes responses to community recommendations, past and future investments and other proposed actions meant to support Mount St. Helens as a one-of-a-kind destination offering many different options and activities, enticing visitors of all types.


Help Keep Caves Open

White Nose Syndrom is sweeping the country, killing millions of bats.

White Nose Syndrome is sweeping the country, killing millions of bats. You can help keep caves open. Please decontaminate any gear that has been in another cave. Please also print and share this poster. Learn more by clicking here.


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Breaking Ground on a New Trail at Ape Cave

Historic Photo of Ape Cave

WTA is working with the Gifford Pinchot on the new trail, tentatively named the Ape Cave Viewpoint Trail, follows an old road bed.

Mount St. Helens in a High-Tech world

Mount St Helens 30 years after the 1980 eruption

Ever wonder how 3-D maps are made? Want to see what NASA is doing at MSH? Want to learn all USGS knows? This page has links to the coolest Mount St. Helens information the Web has to offer.

 




Mt. Bike Crew Gets It Done

Shows South Coldwater Trail

A 70-person crew showed up at Coldwater Lake to open the Trail 211 to mountain bikers. It was an outstanding effort by all involved.