Natural end sought for Crater Lake fire – September 06, 2006

Mother Nature remains squarely in charge of putting out the 2,100-acre Bybee Fire complex burning in a remote area of the Crater Lake National Park.

 

Bybee Fire Complex Fact Sheet – September 2, 2006

The Bybee Fire Use Complex is being managed to allow fire to play its natural role in the ecosytem. Preservation of natural processes is a primary mission of the National Park Service.

 

Lightning-stoked burns still growing – August 27, 2006

While the Bybee Wildland Fire-Use Complex plays its natural role in burning vegetation to improve the ecosystem, spreading to the north and east, firefighters are managing it at its south and west borders.

 

Newest Puzzle Fire near Mt. Jefferson tops 4,100 Acres – August 22, 2006

Comprised of the Black Crater, Lake George, and Puzzle fires, the Cascade Crest Complex Wildland Fire has burned just short of 19,000 acres and is estimated at 30 percent containment.

 

Weather makes firefighters work harder – August 20, 2006

Hot, dry weather and thunderstorms predicted for the next few days will challenge firefighters battling four fires in Oregon and four in Washington,

 

Tourists watch fire left to burn at Crater Lake – August 7, 2006

Forest fire smoke wafts like steam over Crater Lake in the early morning and an occasional tree erupts in flame. But it’s not as ugly as it could be.

 

Crater Lake will help clear brush – August 1, 2006

Federal officials plan to let a small lightning-caused fire burn all summer through a remote part of Crater Lake National Park, taking advantage of the flames to clear brush and improve wildlife habitat.

Dry times ahead: Snowpack is down, and fears surface over water supply -February 1, 2001

Thick, heavy snow muffled his creaking snowshoes as Rob Allerman trudged through the forest Thursday at Crater Lake National Park.

 

Prescribed burns planned at Crater Lake – October 05, 2005

Recent snow and rain at Crater Lake National Park means that several prescribed burns will be done in the coming weeks.

Streamflow signs buried in the snow – February 1, 2005

Deep in the snow 50 miles north of the Klamath Reclamation Project are buried the clues as to how much water the Project will get this summer.

Falling trees do damage at Crater Lake – November 19, 2004

“I could hear the wind howling and it was pretty constant,” remembers Taylor of a storm that rattled the park and toppled trees between 6 and 8 p.m. Nov. 3. “In the middle of that was one good gust that shook the house. It was kind of like the house wanted to move a quarter of an inch.”

 

Ten small fires burn in Crater Lake park area – August 16, 2004

Firefighters have been using eco-friendly tactics to contain several small fires in remote areas of the Crater Lake National Park.