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# Mount St. Helens After the Eruption
- URL: https://www.adamsowards.net/mount-st-helens-after-the-eruption/
- Published: 2024-04-17T07:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-02-16T18:14:13.000Z
- Author: Adam M. Sowards
- Tags: encyclopedia article, publication, historylink.org, 2024, mount st. helens, pacific northwest history, national monuments, forests

"Mount St. Helens After the Eruption," *HistoryLink.org Online Encyclopedia of Washington State History* (April 2023).

[Mount St. Helens After the EruptionOn May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted and drastically changed the surrounding environment. Despite the devastation to plant, animal, and human communities, ecological recovery developed over![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fa/10/fa102a82-f50e-4e06-9a70-213785342d94/content/images/icon/favicon-6.png)HistoryLink![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/fa/10/fa102a82-f50e-4e06-9a70-213785342d94/content/images/thumbnail/1362px-MSH80_eruption_mount_st_helens_05-18-80-dramatic-edit-1.jpg)](https://historylink.org/File/22950?ref=adamsowards.net)