One of the best days of my life was my first visit to Mt. St. Helens. This was in the early 1990s when the closest you could get to the crater was on the east side from the Windy Ridge viewpoint. My future wife and mother-in-law were along for the ride. The narrow, winding...
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The Johnston Ridge Observatory at Mt. St. Helens reopens for the summer on Sunday May 17. This is about as close as most of us will get to the crater. The Gifford Pinchot National Forest says the visitor center will be open from 10am to 6pm, daily. Admission to Johnston Ridge and Coldwater Lake...
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The Longview Daily News has a good recap of last night’s public hearing on the future of Mt. St. Helens. The paper says most of the people who spoke supported continued Forest Service management of the Monument. The Mt. St. Helens Advisory Committee held the hearing to learn what the public thinks of its...
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UPDATE: Thanks to Gary for his suggestion. If you can’t make it to one of the public hearings, your comments may be emailed to the Committee at SHACComments@co.skamania.wa.us. You can also download the Draft Recommendations from the Committee’s website. ORIGINAL STORY: Tonight may be one of your last chances to be heard on the...
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The Columbian weighs in on the debate over the future of Mt. St. Helens. In an editorial, the paper avoids the Park Service vs. Forest Service debate. But it does call for increased funding and shows some interest in the proposals of the Mt. St. Helens Advisory Committee. Meanwhile supporters of a Mt. St....
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A special committee studying the future of Mt. St. Helens is laying out an ambitious plan for the Monument that includes new resorts, new roads, more recreation and more science. The Mt. St. Helens Advisory Committee may have rejected the idea of a National Park. But the vision it lays out for the Volcanic...
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A couple of updates to pass along. First, the list of recommendations from the Mt. St. Helens Advisory Committee may not be released today due to staff illness. As more information comes in, we’ll pass it along to you. More importantly, we’ve had some time to get additional comments on the big decision, that...
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Any dream of national park status for Mt. St. Helens took a serious blow today. A special committee created to study the future of Mt. St. Helens is wrapping up after a year of work. Its main recommendation? That the volcano should stay under the management of the U.S. Forest Service, and not become...
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It’s not the same as taking a helicopter ride over Mt. St. Helens, but three new videos posted on the National Volcanic Monument’s website are the next best thing. The videos take you on a tour of the crater, the crater rim, and the blast zone. They were produced by Immersive Media of Portland....
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