It's #BatWeek! Join us over the next several days as we explore and learn about bats. #DYK Bats are critical to the health of our public lands, and to our lives. As the primary predator of night flying insects, bats consume tons of forest and agricultural pests each year.

Happy Spooky season folks! If your looking for some last minute costume ideas, we have the generator for you. Have a Happy Halloween! ~Ranger Katie

Nothing spookier than "spiders" dropping from the sky on Halloween. Actually, this footage was taken during the 2004-08 eruption of #MountStHelens. These temporary monitoring stations were slung into the crater by helicopter and collected data on earthquakes and lava dome growth.

The ghost of VALT haunts CVO? Anxious about damage to the station from #MountStHelens' advancing Crater Glacier, a CVO field team dismantled the VALT monitoring station on June 6, 2024. USGS' Erin Lysne keeps its memory alive with this costume she created for Halloween.

Seismometers detect all kinds of ground vibrations. On Oct 27, seismometers on the SW side of #MountStHelens detected the rumbling of minor debris flows (thick slurries of mud and rock) that traveled short distances during a heavy rainfall event. No damage done.

Cascade Range volcanoes at normal background levels of activity this week: usgs.gov/programs/VHP/v…. #CVO field crews have been working to get monitoring stations ready for winter, replacing solar panels at #MountStHelens stations. MSH mountain goats make a webcam appearance.

Cascade Range volcanoes at normal background levels of activity this week: usgs.gov/programs/VHP/v…. #CVO field crew finishes cross-section survey of #MountStHelens' Loowit & Step Creeks. Routine GPS survey measures changes in stream channels due to scour (erosion) or deposition.

Hi folks! Another winter season is upon us and we have updated hours! The Science and Learning Center will be open Friday, Saturday, Sunday from 10-4pm until December 15th. Hope to see you out here! ~Ranger Katie

Happy Thanksgiving! All National Forest offices will be closed Thursday, Nov. 28, in observance of the Thanksgiving Holiday.

Cascade Range volcanoes at normal background levels of activity this week: usgs.gov/programs/VHP/v…. How's the weather at your place? Looking for indoor activities? Why not try "Lahar in a Jar"? The recipe for a lahar is on the graphic. More activities at pubs.usgs.gov/gip/19/

Remembering all who lost their lives in the Pearl Harbor attack #PearlHarborDay

Hi folks! Wanted to hop on here and remind you that we are open Friday, Saturday Sunday from 10-4pm at the Science and Learning Center at Coldwater and will be closing for the season December 16th until May 2025. Hope to see you up here!

The Science and Learning Center at Coldwater will be closed today December 8th 2024 due to Winter Storm Advisory and existing snow on the SR 504.Roads are hazardous with slick, icy, and snow covered conditions. Please recreate responsibly. ~Ranger Katie

You can explore 2 national volcanic monuments within national forests! Visit Deschutes National Forest in Oregon for the Newberry National Volcanic Monument, which has more than 50k acres of lakes & lava flows. Then Mount St. Helens in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest — a testament to nature’s power & beauty.