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Cowlitz, Lewis, Skamania want state to connect volcanoes
It’s an idea that keeps coming back. Commissioners from three counties plan to ask the state to study the feasibility of building a road linking Spirit Lake Memorial Highway and U.S. 12, a route that...
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Fight over Mount St. Helens silt in Cowlitz River will continue
LONGVIEW — For the first time, federal engineers are acknowledging that they will need to battle Mount St. Helens sediment flow into the Cowlitz River into the middle of the 21st century. And the...
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BLM OKs exploratory mining near Mount St. Helens
The federal Bureau of Land Management said Monday it found proposed exploratory mining northeast of Mount St. Helens would present no significant environmental impact, bringing mining company Ascot USA...
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Missing climber on Mount St. Helens found safe
An overnight search Thursday for a Portland man who went missing during a climbing trip on Mount St. Helens was called off Friday afternoon after the climber walked out to a road and caught a ride back...
View ArticleMissing girl, 13, found safe
Update: Olga was found safe and has returned home, according to police. Vancouver police are searching for a girl, 13, who was reported missing by her family Thursday. Olga Trejo-Soltero may be with a...
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Public-lands bill gives boost to volcano warning, monitoring systems
The wide-ranging Natural Resources Management Act, co-sponsored by Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and which passed Tuesday in the U.S. Senate, includes a provision to improve volcano early warning and...
View ArticleMount St. Helens climbing permits on sale March 18
Climbing permits for Mount St. Helens will go on sale 7 a.m. March 18, according to the U.S. Forest Service. Permits will be available through the recreation.gov website. They are required for all...
View ArticlePublic comment sought on Mount St. Helens Wildlife Area plan
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is looking for public feedback for a draft management plan for the Mount St. Helens Wildlife Area. The wildlife area encompasses 18 discrete sites in...
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Sen. Cantwell praises volcano resources
U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., addressed a new law that will dedicate more resources to volcano monitoring during a Thursday visit to the U.S. Geological Survey Cascades Volcano Observatory in...
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Two overdue hikers rescued off Mount St. Helens
The Skamania County Sheriff’s Office said it received word from the Tigard, Ore., Police Department about two overdue hikers on Mount St. Helens Sunday. The two men, Lei Chen, 60, and Tianyi Zhai, 61,...
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Geologists take on mysteries of volcanoes in Cascade Range
There are roughly 20 major volcanoes in the Cascade Range, and while scientists might know about them individually, they don’t know as much about why volcanoes in a chain might vary in composition,...
View ArticleMount St. Helens center closed for work
TOUTLE — The Mount St. Helens Forest Leaning Center will be closed until May 18 for repairs. The center is about 20 miles east of Toutle on state Highway 504, also called the Spirit Lake Memorial...
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Group sues to prohibit Mount St. Helens’ drilling
A conservation group has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management over the agencies’ decision to allow exploratory drilling in the upper Green River Valley at Goat...
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Activities to begin at Mount St. Helens visitor center
Seasonal programs start this month at the Mount St. Helens Visitor Center, 3029 Spirit Lake Highway, about 5 miles northeast of Castle Rock. The first “eruption talk” will be offered one day before the...
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Journey to St. Helens blast zone recalled
RIDGEFIELD — One image is forever stamped on Allene Wodaege’s memory after journeying deep into Mount St. Helens’ blast zone more than three years following the volcano’s 1980 eruption. Ash. Nothing...
View ArticleLegislation would alter fish, wildlife advisory group leadership
When the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife sets up a public work group on elk hoof rot or salmon fishing, someone who’s not a department employee should be in charge. At least that’s what Rep....
View ArticleGifford Pinchot National Forest snow report 1/28
Mount St. Helens — Snow depths have melted to 12 inches at Cougar Sno-Park and 24 inches at Marble Mountain Sno-Park. The pavement is bare on road No. 83. June Lake, elevation 3,440 feet, still has 64...
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Gifford Pinchot National Forest snow report 2/4
Mount Adams — Pineside Sno-Park has about 2 feet of snow. The trails will be groomed on Friday afternoon. SnowKing Sno-Park has about 3 feet of snow. Trails will be groomed here on Friday. Atkisson and...
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Gifford Pinchot National Forest snow report 3/3
Mount St. Helens — No snow at Cougar Sno-Park and 14 inches at Marble Mountain Sno-Park. Road No. 83 is clear. The automated site at June Lake, elevation 3,440, reports 77 inches, a gain of 2 inches in...
View ArticleGifford Pinchot National Forest snow report 3/12
Mount Adams — Eight inches at Pineside Sno-Park, 12 inches at SnowKing Sno-Park, and 18 inches at Atkisson and Flattop sno-parks. Ski trails at Pineside are not recommended by the Forest Service due to...
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