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The public is invited to learn about Kīlauea’s volcanic gases and vog (volcanic air pollution) in an “After Dark in the Park” program at Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park on Tues., Jan. 31, at 7 p.m.

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Hawaii Volcanoes National Park encourages volunteers to help count humpback whales during the annual Sanctuary Ocean Count coming up on the last Saturday of January, February and March.

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In honor of Volcano Awareness Month, the Hawai‘i Volcanoes Institute presents “Footprints Trail to Mauna Iki,” a guided geological hike in the Ka‘u Desert.

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Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park will join all 397 national park units across the country in waiving entrance fees Jan. 14-16 to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Entrance fees will also be waived on Sat., Jan. 21 to honor the U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory’s 100-year anniversary and Open House.

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The United States Mint will feature Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park on a commemorative 2012 quarter to be released Aug. 27, 2012, through its America the Beautiful Quarters® Program.

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Led by Nick Shema, this month’s 3.5-mile round-trip walk explores the summit area of the park.

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On Kilauea’s east rift zone, surface lava flows continued to be active on the coastal plain, entering the ocean at West Ka‘ili‘ili, within the National Park.

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Who would have thought that a little eruption in a small pit crater would be the seed from which a great oak of research grew at Kilauea?

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The National Park Service is pleased to announce the availability of the draft plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) aimed at protecting and restoring native ecosystems by managing non-native ungulates (hoofed mammals) within Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park.

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Volunteers are needed to help gather mamane seeds during the Friends of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park’s “Forest Restoration Project” on Saturday, November 19 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

The project’s goal is to increase the mamane forest on Mauna Loa to provide future habitat and forage for native honeycreeper birds. Mamane (Sophora chrysophylla) are endemic to Hawai‘i’s dry shrubland and dry to moist forests.

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The Friends of Hawai‘i Volcanoes Park (FHVNP) hosts its next “Sunday Walk in the Park” on November 13. The Palm Trail is a 2.6 mile loop through scenic pasture, along an ancient cinder cone, with some of the best panoramic views Kahuku has to offer.

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Mark your calendars, Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park will join all 395 national park units across the country in waiving entrance fees for the upcoming Veteran’s Day weekend, Nov. 11-13, and on at least 18 days in 2012.

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