MOUNT RAINIER -- Copyright -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PREFACE -- Contents -- 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- RESEARCH -- VOLCANO MONITORING -- MITIGATION -- IMPLEMENTATION -- 2 MOUNT RAINIER, ACTIVE CASCADE VOLCANO -- VOLCANIC HAZARDS AT MOUNT RAINIER -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- 3 DEVELOPMENT AND HISTORY OF MOUNT RAINIER -- REGIONAL SETTING AND HISTORY -- DEVELOPMENT OF THE VOLCANIC EDIFICE -- REGIONAL STUDIES TO ASSESS VOLCANIC HAZARDS -- Geologic Mapping -- Petrology and Geochemistry -- Geophysics -- Drilling -- HAZARD STUDIES -- Lahars -- Edifice Collapse -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- 4 VOLCANO MONITORING -- SEISMICITY MONITORING -- MONITORING OF GROUND DEFORMATION -- MONITORING OF HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY -- MONITORING CHANGES IN SURFACE APPEARANCE -- DETECTION OF STREAM FLOW AND DEBRIS FLOWS -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- 5 MITIGATION: COEXISTING WITH MOUNT RAINIER -- COMMUNICATION -- PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION -- Social Aspects of Mitigation -- RECOMMENDATIONS -- 6 IMPLEMENTATION -- REFERENCES -- APPENDIX A GROWTH MANAGEMENT ACT OF STATE OF WASHINGTON -- APPENDIX B SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND COLLECTING IN MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK -- APPENDIX C WORKSHOP ATTENDEES.