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Yes, yes there is. 🦉

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🌟 We want to thank YOU, visitors to the national parks! 🌟 For the last 4 months at our visitor center park stores, you have cheerfully, generously donated 💰 $124,445 💰 while checking out at the counter. 🛍️✨ Those donations go directly to the parks, which need them very much. 🏞️💚 You are heroes. 🦸‍♀️🦸‍♂️💙

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Have you folks met James? He is holding one of the breathtaking handwoven lauhala sea turtles crafted for us by local artisans. Talk story with James or any of our crew when you visit the parks, let us help you pick out something special. Your purchases support parks! #mahalojames #lauhalaweaving

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Civil Beat Deputy Editor Nathan Eagle sits down with #NOAA Research Ecologist Randy Kosaki to discuss their recent voyage to assess the health of the remote marine national monument at the far reaches of the Hawaiian archipelago. #Papahanaumokuakea #NWHI

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🎉 The Hawai'i Volcanoes NP Welcome Center & HPPA park store is NOW OPEN in the Kīlauea Military Camp Koa Room! 🏞️✨ Thanks, KMC! We had our first customer toooooo! 😃🎊 Stop by to shop 🛍️ & say hi 👋 to park rangers! 🚶‍♂️🌋🌿 📍 Located 1.25 miles past the entrance station at KMC 🕘 Open daily 9 AM to 4:45 PM

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Episode 10 in the ongoing eruption at the summit of #Kīlauea volcano on Hawaiʻi island began on Wednesday night, and just under 13 hours later the episode was over. 🌋 Thus goes the pattern of activity at Kīlauea, ever since the eruption began on December 23, 2024 with episodic fountaining.

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Can we get a round of digital 👏👏👏? This is the final wrap up/set up crew who got the new Koa Room/#HPPA park store at @kmcvolcano set up and ready to welcome #HVNP visitors! 🎉 Kīlauea Military Camp’s huge Koa Room is just 1.2 miles west of the park entrance. 🚗💨 Parking available at the ball field.

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Speaking of pueo, the Hawaiian owl: NPS V.I.P. photographer Janice Wei has, ahem, a way with photographing their essential owlyness. Janice is on IG at: www.instagram.com/janice_weico... She focuses (ha ha) mostly on our partner Hawaiʻi Volcanoes NP, but is one heck of a bird photographer also.

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Dylan from Creative Services wants you to know that he is working to get this pueo (Hawaiian owl) plush to you ASAP. And yes, it likes the view from up there. #pueo #hawaiianowl #pueoplush #hawaiianowlplush 🦉

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HPPA Area Mgr/ Al (behind the camera), supervising the big move from our #HVNP visitor center park store up to the Koa Room at @kmcvolcano, rallied his troops & they did a LOT of back & forth hauling. 🚙 📦 This is a temp 2-year relocation while the VC is renovated. 🔨 Come shop & support your park! 🛍️🌋

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Heʻe (Octopus) earrings! 🐙 #Octopuses are highly intelligent creatures with remarkable adaptations. Apecialized pigment cells called chromatophores can instantly change their skin color to blend into their surroundings or signal warnings to potential predators. Jabebo creates eco-friendly products.

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🌴 In partnership with Pu‘uhonua o Hōnaunau NHP, we celebrate February, ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi month. The Hawaiian language is alive & thriving in Hawaiʻi! 🌿📖 6 of the 8 major HI Islands offer K-12 Hawaiian language immersion. 🏫🌊 📚 At our HPPA Park Store, Find Hawaiian Language resources. IMGS: PUHO/NPS/HPPA

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Wow, this is our #Kīlauea Visitor Center park store alllllll emptied out as we prep for our move to the @kmcvolcano Koa Room during park renovations. Have you shopped here with us? Much has happened in this small space! Celebs & presidents have bought plush nēnē & books for their grandkids. 🛍️🌿🌋

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HVO STATUS REPORT U.S. Geological Survey Thursday, February 20, 2025, 9:50 AM HST KILAUEA Activity Summary: Episode 10 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption ended at 9:18 a.m HST on February 20 after just under 13 hours of fountaining. Kīlauea summit livestream: www.youtube.com/usgs/live

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HPPA's Cheryl (lei) travelled to the Kīlauea summit to help with our KVC store move to KMC, and we took that opportunity to celebrate her 2-year work anniversary with us! Woohooo!!!! 😃🏆👏🏽🌋💚👑 Mahalo for all you do for us and for park visitors, Cheryl! We can’t do what we do without you! #TeamHPPA

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Each episode of Halemaʻumaʻu lava fountaining since December 23, 2024, has continued for 13 hours to 8 days and episodes have been separated by pauses in eruptive activity lasting a less than 24 hours to 12 days. No changes have been detected in the East Rift Zone or Southwest Rift Zone. #Kilauea

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The #USGS livestream is here: www.youtube.com/usgs/live

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🌋 Kīlauea Eruption Update from USGS Volcanoes 🌋 Episode 10 of the Halemaʻumaʻu #eruption began at 8:22 p.m. HST yesterday evening, Feb. 19, in the summit caldera of #Kīlauea Volcano. #Lava fountains from the north vent are feeding a lava flow spreading across the crater floor. 🔥🌋 📷 IMG: USGS webcam

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Pssst: coming soon... #pueo #pueoplush #parksupport

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Travelling to Hawaiʻi? Hawaiʻi Island, by chance? A great place to watch for ruddies and a lot of other shorebirds is along the beach at our partner #Kaloko-#Honokōhau NHP!

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No doubt at Hosmer Grove at Haleakalā National Park, we suspect! We can almost hear the soft rain...

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Want to show your support for the 'alalā (Hawaiian crow) who were recently released on Maui? Grab some of these hypoallergenic keiki 'alalā earrings that are now available in the MFBRP shop: mauiforestbirds.org/shop #conservation #savethebirds #birds #alala #crow #resist

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Are you an owl person? 🦉✨ Do you know an owl person? 👀💛 The pueo 🦉 is the native Hawaiian owl, soaring over open grasslands 🌾 and hunting human-introduced rodents 🐭 and lizards 🦎. Before people arrived in Hawaiʻi, pueo likely preyed on other birds 🐦. Shop this new arrival! #Pueo #HawaiianOwls

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You folks know we have these, right? 👀 🫶🦆 As stickers, magnets, AND a sweatshirt! 🧥✨ Shop sticker: shop.hawaiipacificparks.org/collections/... #nēnē #HVNP

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Reminder! Park rangers and us, the Hawaiʻi Pacific Parks Association store, will also relocate Friday to a temporary welcome center inside Kilauea Military Camp’s accessible Koa Room, just 1.2 miles west of the Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park entrance. #HVNP #HPPA #KVC

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Earthquakes are a common occurrence in Hawaii. If you subscribe to emergency, earthquake, or volcano notifications, the shaking you feel might be followed by a message summarizing the earthquake. #VolcanoWatch #USGS #HVO

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Hawaii is home to eight NPS-managed sites, including Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, which is known for its active volcanoes, Kilauea and Mauna Loa. The park has drawn more than a million visitors annually from 1972 to 2023, except for four years, including one affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Recent public outcry over the spread of coconut rhinoceros beetles, which kill palm trees, and a surge in stinging little fire ants caught lawmakers’ attention, resulting in a $10 million boost in funding for the department’s invasive species programs. #Hawaii #Biosecurity

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Take a look at some of the Pacific Islands most important and inspiring stories from 2024. #PacificOcean #PacificIslands

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Shop 🦉 the 🐦 whole 🐠 collection 🌊 here 🐢: shop.hawaiipacificparks.org/collections/... #Jabebo #NewEarrings #ReduceReuseRecycle #HawaiiWildlife

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🐋 Join NPS rangers, HPPA staff, and the amazing Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary volunteers for an unforgettable humpback whale experience every Tuesday until March 25th: 📍 Location: Puʻukoholā Heiau NHS Visitor Center ⏰ Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM #PUHE #HIHWNMS #humpbacks

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New Blog! Where Are You Going To Spend Your 2025 National Park Fee-Free Days? Here Are Some Travel Tips For Exploring Our Partner National Parks of Hawaiʻi! Hawaiʻi Island and Maui national park sites offer a variety of ecosystems, landscapes, and cultural experiences. #HawaiiParks #TravelTips

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ISLAND OF HAWAIʻI - Participants in various age divisions were invited to submit a poem in haiku format or art recognizing Hawaii’s volcanic landscapes in the following age divisions. #VolcanoWatch #VolcanoAwarenessMonth

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The spattering was first observed from the north vent at around 7:15 p.m. HST on Sunday night, February 2nd. Scientists noted that summit inflation “remains at the minimum needed for the start of a new episode.”

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Summit webcam rather drives the point home. Yep, that is right now. Ew.

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🚨 Park Update from Our Partner #HaleakalāNationalPark 🚨 Haleakalā National Park remains closed through at least the morning of February 1, due to severe weather impacts—including heavy rain, flooding, and high winds. 🌧️💨 Reopening will depend on conditions and damage assessments. #ParkUpdate

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🔥 In Q1 FY25 we donated $63,000 to our national park partners! 💚🏞️ ➡️ PUHO NHP – Cultural demos & student transport ➡️ PUHE NHS – Cultural demos, including kōnane board game sessions ➡️ KAHO NHP – Support for annual student cultural festival You make this possible with your purchases—mahalo! 🙌🏾💙

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🌅🔥 More Big News from Q1 FY25! We had the opportunity to donate $63,000 to our national park partners! 💚🏞️ This includes funding for Haleakalā NP interpretive staff wages—supporting 2 interpretive park rangers so that our partner park can maintain regular vis. center hours & interpretive programs. 🎉

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🌋🔥 Q1 FY25 gave us the opportunity to donate $63,000 to our national park partners! 💚🏞️ This includes teaming up to create a temp visitor center/park store for us and HVNP staff. 🌋🏠✨ The agreement will be in place until the permanent visitor center is finished and reopened in roughly two years. 🛠️🌋

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You probably want one now, huh? 🩷💜 Shop the rad mug here, and make sure Lilac is selected in the drop down: shop.hawaiipacificparks.org/products/mug...

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You ever wonder... Who We Are? HPPA is a nonprofit cooperating association working in partnership with the NPS in Hawaiʻi & American Samoa. Proceeds from our park stores support interpretation programs, research, publications, cultural activities. $32 mill. in direct aid & other support to parks.

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OK, so we have a few new #Haleakalā National Park mugs in from the always-awesome folks at #deneen_pottery, and Amber Crist Dambacher, who just visited the park a couple of weeks ago says: "It’s my new favorite mug! This same color! Haleakala is a spectacular experience!"🙌🏻 🩷💜 #HaleakalaMugs

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A strong winter low-pressure system passing to the north of the state of Hawaiʻi will drag a strong cold front from northwest to southeast down the island chain tonight and Friday. Heavy rainfall and thunderstorms developing along and ahead of the front will bring the potential for flash flooding.

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UPDATE: FULL PARK CLOSURE From: 1/30/25, 2:17pm Pu’uhonua O Hōnaunau NHP The park is closed due to high winds. We will provide updates as soon as we can. Mahalo for your patience and stay safe everyone!

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