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Join Us in Creating a New General Management Plan
This year, the National Park Service, together with our visitors, neighbors, and partners, is beginning the exciting process of creating a vision for the future of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. This vision will be compiled into a new "General Management Plan" and Environmental Impact Statement that will guide management of the park for the next 15-20 years.
The plan will answer “What kind of place do we want this park to be?” It will serve as a guidebook for the future to help managers make decisions about how to best protect natural and cultural resources, what levels and types of uses are appropriate, what facilities should be developed, and how people should access the park.
It has been more than 30 years since the park’s previous master plan was completed. Since that time, the park has experienced increased visitation, advances in knowledge about ecological and cultural resources, and numerous volcanic eruptions with the resultant loss of buildings and roadways. In 2003, the park grew by 116,000 acres with the acquisition of Kahuku on the southwest slope of Mauna Loa Volcano.
