Thousands of logs were washed into Spirit Lake after the eruption of Mount St. Helens and have stayed there for 44 years. Courtesy of US Forest Service Meanwhile, Spirit Lake continues to settle ...

Funds are starting to flow, with more than $6 million in federal stimulus last year, plus a $163,000 grant to the Mount St. Helens Institute for an exhibit at the end of the Spirit Lake Memorial ...

The Mount St. Helens Visitor Center on Spirit Lake Highway is set to undergo a significant makeover. According to officials, ...

Mount St. Helens’ Johnston Ridge Observatory will remain closed to the public until at least 2026 due to road repairs on ...

Scientists released gophers onto a plot of land two years after the eruption obliterated the landscape—and the results were ...

Andy Goodwin recently stationed himself at the top of Mount St. Helens, where he usually ... Mount Rainier and Spirit Lake on the horizon. Smartphones and cameras are as ubiquitous as backpacks.

In 1980, the eruption of Mount St. Helens devastated local ecosystems, but an experimental introduction of gophers has ...

St. Helens’ mountain recovery shows how gophers and fungi revived barren land. They spurred long-lasting ecological regrowth ...

Andy Goodwin stationed himself last Saturday at the top of Mount St. Helens, where he usually ... Mount Rainier and Spirit Lake on the horizon. Smartphones and cameras are as ubiquitous as backpacks.

When Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, lava incinerated anything living for miles around. As an experiment, scientists ...

One of the most violent natural disasters of our time, the colossal eruption of Mt. St. Helens in 1980 blasted away an entire mountainside. Over 200 square miles of pristine forest were buried ...

Following several recent rim failures, two cornice breaks and the death of an experienced climber on Mount St. Helens, the U.S. Forest Service is asking climbers to stay away from the rim and ...