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Peregrine Falcon
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Volcanoes: Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center
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UNESCO World Heritage Site- Viñales Valley
The Viñales Valley is encircled by mountains and its lands...
James K.Carr Trail
Before becoming a park, the land was privately owned. Logg...
Oak Woodlands
Oaks are among the most majestic and prominent trees in Ca...
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Peregrine Falcon
The American Peregrine Falcon, once a common resident throughout much of California, began rapidly declining about the mid-part of the 20thcentury. The chief factor responsible for this ...
Bald Eagles
Though no historical information exists on Bald Eagle population size in California, it is widely thought that this species formerly occupied a widespread range and was quite abundant throughout the western states. After World War II, ...
Native Cultures
The present area of the park historically fell within the customary use areas of four Indian tribes. The Atsugewi lived north and east of Lassen Peak in the Hat Creek drainage and around Eagle Lake. The ...
Bumpass Hell
Hydrothermal (hot water) features at Lassen Volcanic National Park fascinate visitors to this region of northeastern California. Boiling mudpots, steaming ground, roaring fumaroles, and sulfurous gases are linked to active volcanism and are all reminders of ...
Bluff Fire
Wildland fire has long been recognized as one of the most significant natural processes operating within and shaping the northern Sierra Nevada and southern Cascade Mountain ecosystems. Virtually all vegetation communities here show evidence of fire ...
Lassen Peak
On May 22, 1915, an explosive eruption at Lassen Peak, the southernmost active volcano in the Cascade Range, devastated nearby areas and rained volcanic ash as far away as 200 miles to the east. This explosion ...
Volcanoes: Kohm Yah-mah-nee Visitor Center
Every rock at Lassen originates from volcanoes. Lassen's volcanic domes are part of the most recently active Lassen Volcanic Center, which began to erupt about 825,000 years ago. Represented in the park are all four types ...
UNESCO World Heritage Site- Viñales Valley
The Viñales Valley is encircled by mountains and its landscape is interspersed with dramatic rocky outcrops. Traditional techniques are still in use for agricultural production, particularly of tobacco. The quality of this cultural landscape is enhanced by the vernacular architecture ...
James K.Carr Trail
Before becoming a park, the land was privately owned. Loggers were generally the only people who knew about Whiskeytown falls. Logging resulted in fragmented old growth and abandoned roads and features that disrupt natural drainage patterns and contribute to debris ...
Oak Woodlands
Oaks are among the most majestic and prominent trees in California and for many, they optimize the sunny, rolling lowlands of the state. Oaks are regionally diverse and a number of species and subspecies are found in a variety of ...
