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Mount St. Helens

This single tunnel is the only outflow passage for Spirit Lake, and its failure could lead to a catastrophic breaching of a volcanic debris dam holding back the lake, according to a new report.

Report: Update volcano hazard plan

This single tunnel is the only outflow passage for Spirit Lake, and its failure could lead to a catastrophic breaching of a volcanic debris dam holding back the lake, according to a new report.

December 11, 2017, 8:31pm Clark County News

A report released Friday suggests that a wider array of choices should be considered for the long-term stability of Spirit Lake to ensure that it does not breach its volcanic debris dam and unleash catastrophic flooding along the Toutle, Cowlitz and Columbia rivers. Among the possibilities: constructing a second drainage… Read story

U.S. Forest Service workers clean up a trashed campsite on Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument late this summer. Forest Service officials say they saw an increase in litter this year. Courtesy U.S.

Garbage flowing on Mount St. Helens

U.S. Forest Service workers clean up a trashed campsite on Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument late this summer. Forest Service officials say they saw an increase in litter this year. Courtesy U.S.

December 4, 2017, 6:00am Clark County News

Keeping garbage off public lands and convincing campers to pick up after themselves are perennial struggles for land management agencies, but local officials with the U.S. Forest Service say they’re seeing more trash now than at any point in recent memory. Read story

Reid Blackburn

Vancouver residents featured in film about St. Helens blastvideo icon

Reid Blackburn

October 16, 2017, 6:01am Clark County News

Fay Blackburn lost her husband, Reid Blackburn, on Mount St. Helens in 1980. Read story

Steve Hanson from the University of New Mexico sits next to one of 140 seismometers placed on Mount St. Helens to examine very subtle activity below the surface. (U.S.

Scientists listen in on volcano’s inner workings

Steve Hanson from the University of New Mexico sits next to one of 140 seismometers placed on Mount St. Helens to examine very subtle activity below the surface. (U.S.

September 14, 2017, 6:00am Clark County News

Scientists have been listening to Mount St. Helens for decades, and yet the rumbling volcano still holds many secrets about its subterranean activities. However, a recent experiment using a new generation of highly sensitive seismometers might reveal more about what’s happening beneath the surface. Read story

At a stop on the Hummocks Trail last month, Peter Frenzen, Forest Service scientist at Mount St. Helens, gives an overview of the rebirth of the volcano to a group of international geologists. Frenzen is retiring after 35 years as staff scientist at the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument.

Mount St. Helens guru retires

At a stop on the Hummocks Trail last month, Peter Frenzen, Forest Service scientist at Mount St. Helens, gives an overview of the rebirth of the volcano to a group of international geologists. Frenzen is retiring after 35 years as staff scientist at the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument.

September 12, 2017, 6:05am Clark County News

Peter Frenzen has worked at Mount St. Helens for 35 years, yet he still lights up talking about the mountain. Read story

This photo taken in 2005 looks west from Forest Road 26 northeast of Spirit Lake toward Goat Mountain, the area where Ascot Resources Ltd. of Vancouver, B.C., is seeking to drill exploratory holes to study the possibility of mining for minerals such as copper, gold and molybdenum. The U.S. Forest Service recently issued a draft decision to consent to the work on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest despite heavy opposition from environmental groups and U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.

Exploratory mining permit for near Mount St. Helens advances

This photo taken in 2005 looks west from Forest Road 26 northeast of Spirit Lake toward Goat Mountain, the area where Ascot Resources Ltd. of Vancouver, B.C., is seeking to drill exploratory holes to study the possibility of mining for minerals such as copper, gold and molybdenum. The U.S. Forest Service recently issued a draft decision to consent to the work on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest despite heavy opposition from environmental groups and U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.

August 23, 2017, 8:06pm Clark County News

Exploratory mining near Mount St. Helens is now one step closer to happening. Read story

At a stop on the Hummocks Trail, Peter Frenzen, Forest Service scientist at Mount St. Helens, gives an overview of the rebirth of the volcano to a group of international geologists.

1,100 scientists descend on Mount St. Helens for ‘field trip’

At a stop on the Hummocks Trail, Peter Frenzen, Forest Service scientist at Mount St. Helens, gives an overview of the rebirth of the volcano to a group of international geologists.

August 20, 2017, 6:56pm Clark County News

Normally, when more than a thousand scientists flock to a volcano, something horrible has just happened. But the hordes of researchers who swarmed to Mount St. Helens on Wednesday were just there to draw lessons from one of the world’s most famous volcanoes. Read story

Castle Lake and Ridge, a view north.

A walk on the wild west side of Mount St. Helens blast zone

Castle Lake and Ridge, a view north.

August 16, 2017, 11:30pm Outdoors

As we attempted to decipher a foot path out of the spiderweb of elk trails that sprawled across the slope, I reflected on the term “un-maintained." Read story

A visitor, left, reads a panel in the room where casts of six victims of Mount Vesuvius are on display. The image to the right shows the casts of three people who died in what is called the Alley of the Skeletons.

OMSI exhibit shows volcanic destruction of Pompeii 2,000 years ago

A visitor, left, reads a panel in the room where casts of six victims of Mount Vesuvius are on display. The image to the right shows the casts of three people who died in what is called the Alley of the Skeletons.

July 23, 2017, 6:06am Clark County Life

The body casts of people who were killed 1,938 years ago testify to the deadly history of volcanoes. Read story

Chris Lockett, U.S. Geological Survey instrumentation scientist, at the spot where the September Lobe monitoring station is buried under 10 to 15 feet of snow during an April 21 trip into the crater of Mount St. Helens.

‘Stethoscope’ gets ‘to the heart’ of Mount St. Helens

Chris Lockett, U.S. Geological Survey instrumentation scientist, at the spot where the September Lobe monitoring station is buried under 10 to 15 feet of snow during an April 21 trip into the crater of Mount St. Helens.

May 17, 2017, 6:06pm Clark County News

Vancouver-based scientists recently made a house call to the crater of Mount St. Helens. They needed to check the volcano’s heartbeat. Read story