Haleakala National Park

Where it is ? 
Haleakala National Park is in Hawaii on the island of Maui.

Landmarks 
Haleakala crater on top of Mt. Haleakala is a once active volcano. It is 3,000 feet deep and 22 miles wide. It is very important. They made the park for people to see the amazing crater. There are also tide pools on the coast and rocks, streams, dry forest, rain forest, shrubs and grasses.

History 
Haleakala crater is now a left over part of a
volcano. It also has streams of red, black, 
yellow and gray because when the lava came 
out it killed the dirt leaving colored marks behind. It is 12,000 feet high. The volcano has not erupted for 300 years.

Animals
Lots of birds like IIwi with its bright red and curved beak live there. The oo is a rare bird that also lives there. The Hawaiian goose eats insects, spiders,fish, shrimp, and limpets. 

People 
Long ago people called Polynesians came from the south pacific to settle. They fished farmed and collected craft work.

Plants
There are 2,500 type of plants. Their state tree 
is called Kukui. It is also called the candle nut tree.

Saving the area 
The area is protected so that no one can pollute the area. More than 90 percent of the native types of plants and animals are found on Hawaii. It is very important they they are saved. 
Park Rangers

Who has a very big responsibility caring for the park? The park ranger of course! park rangers have to be polite to get the job. They tell you all of the rules and tell about all of the plants and animals. They will always be there when you are traveling. sometimes they dress up in very old clothes to show you what life used to be like and tell ancient stories. It is a very big responsibility to be a park ranger. If you get lost, stay there and the park ranger will find you. They have vehicles like planes, boats, rafts, water boats and snow cats to find you. They do dons of work with horses and mules. There are fires sometimes. Sometimes fires are good but when they aren’t park rangers put them out. People sometimes feed the animals. This can make them sick. Rangers make sure they do not feed the animals. Rangers also care for endangered animals.