Complete
50 spots remain for Crater Lake Rim Runs -
July 20, 2008
Of the available 500 spots, just 50 remain for the 33rd annual Crater Lake Rim Runs and Marathon that will be contested Saturday, Aug. 9, at Crater Lake National Park. All
registrations will close Aug. 6, and all registrations received will carry a $20 late fee.
Crater Lake; Rim Drive opens today -
July 11, 2008
People wanting to drive the entire distance around Crater Lake National Park’s 33-mile-long Rim
Drive can do so beginning today.
Crater Lake Rim Run spots going -
June 24, 2008
Less than a third of the available 500 spots for the 33rd annual Crater Lake Rim Runs and Marathon remain with about six weeks
left before the competition at Crater Lake National Park.
Crater Lake north entrance opened, but caution urged
- June 21, 2008
The north entrance to Crater Lake National Park opened for the summer at 8 a.m. Friday. Crews finished plowing the north entrance road that provides park access off Highway 138 on Thursday, then did a safety check to scan for icy patches and falling rocks before
opening the road for the summer season, park officials said.
Many Crater Lake services open, despite snow
- June 10, 2008
Persistent snow means some roads and all trails are closed at Crater Lake National Park, but visitors will find many concession services open.
Crater Lake's new boss fulfills a lifelong dream
- May 04, 2008
Craig Ackerman, Crater Lake National Park’s new superintendent, recalls reading about the heavy snow at the park as a second-grader in his native
West Virginia.
A Look
back at history: Programs focus on history of Southern Oregon -
April 25, 2008
Klamath Basin history -
including Crater Lake, the the Applegate Trail and Collier
Memorial State Park and Logging Museum - will be featured
during Southern Oregon History Week, Sunday through May 3,
on Southern Oregon Public Television.
Crater lake has new superintendent: Craig Ackerman will move
from the Oregon Caves National Monument
- March 5, 2008
Craig
Ackerman, who will move from Oregon Caves National Monument,
where he’s been the superintendent the past 17 years, to Crater
Lake in early May. He plans to live at the park.
Oregon
law could nix proposed water agreement
- March 5, 2008
State lawmakers from Klamath Falls said Oregon Water
Resources Department staff violated state law by
participating in closed-door meetings with the Klamath
Tribes during two-and-a-half years of settlement talks.
Crater Lake contaminated, new study suggests
- February 28, 2008
Crater Lake, Mount Rainier and Olympic
national parks are among wilderness areas in the Western
U.S. in which scientists have found evidence of airborne
contamination, including mercury, agricultural pesticides
and banned substances such as DDT.
Airborne Contaminants Found in Western U.S. and Alaskan National
Parks - February 28, 2008
The Western Airborne Contaminants
Assessment Project (WACAP) was initiated to determine the
risk from airborne contaminants to ecosystems and food webs
in eight core national parks.
Airborne Contaminants Study Released Measurable Levels Detected
in Twenty Western U.S. and Alaska National Parks -
February 26th, 2008
According to a study released
by the Western Airborne Contaminants Assessment Project (WACAP),
numerous airborne contaminants, including heavy metals and both
current-use and North American historic-use pesticides, have
been detected at measurable levels in ecosystems at twenty
western U.S. and Alaska national parks from the Arctic to the
Mexican border.
Crater Lake rangers guide free hikes
- February 23rd, 2008
Rangers at Crater Lake National Park will guide free,
one-mile walks through forests and meadows along the
crater's rim from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays
through April 27.
Crater Lake story will air
- February 9th, 2008
The local ABC affiliate, KDKF, will air a story about Crater
Lake on its 6 p.m. newscast Sunday, according to the station. The story was filmed by a
“Good Morning America Weekend” crew this week.
Park rangers undaunted by weather
- February 8th, 2008
But undaunted by the weather,
Crater Lake National
Park rangers Don Clark and Pete Reinhardt stood by the
unseen lake Wednesday
and praised the beauty of Crater Lake during
videotaped interviews for ABC’s Good Morning America.
TV crew makes trek to Crater Lake's
rim - February 8th, 2008
Two members of a
film crew shooting footage for a Good Morning America
television segment at Crater Lake scheduled to run Sunday,
experienced an unexpected morning at the lake’s rim
Thursday.
ODOT worker hurt when tree crushes pickup truck
- February 4th, 2008
ODOT officials said Bert Fernandez, 58, a
30-year ODOT employee with the High Cascades maintenance
crew, was injured Sunday morning when a 32-inch fir tree
struck his one-ton pickup.
Award-winning Whitebark Pine is Dead
- February 7th, 2008
Photographed in 2005, this whitebark pine has
succumbed to its enemies. The ancient tree was the subject of a
photo - voted first place by participants of the Pacific Coast
Whitebark Pine Conference (2006).
TV
crew headed to Crater Lake -
February 6th, 2008
A
three-member crew from ABC’s Good Morning America plans to trek
to the Crater Lake rim on snowshoes and cross-country skis today
in hopes of taping winter scenes for an upcoming broadcast.
Park Ranger Ken Hay Retires
- January 28, 2008
After 29 years in fire management and law
enforcement, Ken Hay is leaving the National Park Service. He has accepted a position as park superintendent for
programming and development with the city of Klamath Falls,
Oregon.
Crater Lake offers 90-minute winter tours: Park rangers lead
free treks in park on Saturdays -
January 24, 2008
Park ranger Dave Grimes will
answer these and other questions at 1 p.m. each Saturday, when
he leads a free snowshoeing tour at Crater Lake National Park.
The outings will be offered through April.
Laurels go to retired Crater Lake official: Dinner given for
former park superintendent Chuck Lundy -
January 21, 2008
Chuck Lundy, who retired
earlier this month after a 35-year National Park Service career
that included more than nine years as superintendent at Crater
Lake National Park, was honored at a Saturday night dinner at
Oregon Institute of Technology.
Employee's House Destroyed By Fire
- January 16, 2008
The home of longtime park aquatic ecologist
Mark Buktenica and his family was destroyed by fire on
Thursday, January 10th. The fire broke out around 9 p.m.
that evening. Their property is located about 12 miles
outside of Ashland, Oregon, and is accessed by a driver
that’s about a quarter-mile long.
Acting park head named: Permanent Crater Lake National Park
superintendent due in March -
January 15, 2008
Crater Lake acting
superintendent Stephanie Toothman is Crater
Lake National Park’s acting superintendent through March 31. She
replaces Chuck Lundy, who recently retired. A permanent
superintendent is expected be named in March.
Highway to Crater Lake cleared, open
- January 14, 2008
As of Saturday, Crater
Lake National Park announced Highway 62 has been cleared of
an avalanche and is open.
Chuck Lundy Retires
-
January 10th, 2008
Superintendent Chuck Lundy retired on January 3rd after 33 years with the
National Park Service. During those 33 years, he served in eight different
parks and in a variety of roles.
Gorgeous and Free: free, guided snowshoe hikes have been offered
at Crater Lake National Park for almost 30 years -
December 27, 2007
Free snowshoe hikes introduce Crater Lake visitors to the park's
true colors — winter white and slate gray — every weekend
through April. This may be the off-season for tourists, but it's
Crater Lake's dominant season, characterized by some 45 feet of
snow, the last of which sticks around until June.
Chief Ranger Dave Brennan
Retires This Month -
NPS Digest (online)
Inspired by childhood visits to Yosemite National Park and
frequent backpacking trips in the Sierra Nevada, Dave began his
NPS career as a volunteer-in-park at Sequoia & Kings Canyon NP
in 1980.
Finding Your Winter Wonderland
- December 15, 2007
Don't
expect to head out to Moore Park or test favorite neighborhood
hills for sledding, tobagganing and cross-country skiing because
the snow isn't there. More likely, it will be necessary to head
to the Cascade Summit Sno-Park, Lake of the Woods, Fish Lake
and, most dependably, Crater Lake National Park.
Exploring Crater Lake in Winter: Volunteers Answer Pressing
Questions - December 15, 2007
He and
other volunteers are at the information desk, near windows that
provide a protected view of the lake and surrounding mountain,
from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays and during
the Christmas holidays. The room itself is open from 10 a.m. to
4:30 p.m.
A part of history: Annual Great Nordeen cross-country ski race links the past to the present
- December 15, 2007
Emil Nordeen, a historical icon in the Bend cross-country skiing community, is perhaps best known for twice winning the 42-mile Fort
Klamath-Crater Lake ski race, in 1929 and 1931.
Crater
Lake Chief Ranger to Retire: Dave Brennan has been on the job
for 7 1/2 years -
December 3, 2007
Dave
Brennan, Crater Lake National Park's chief ranger the past 7-1/2
years, doesn't like the word, "retirement. We
call it a renewal rather than a retirement because it's a chance
to try something new," explains the 51-year-old Brennan, who
will end his 27-year National Park Service Dec. 31.
Into
the Deep: Crater Lake's ranking as one of the world's deepest
lakes varies by how list is determined
-
November 29, 2007
Is Crater Lake the seventh deepest lake in
the world, the eighth or the third?
Depends on how it’s figured.
Where to go for
Thanksgiving snow: Mount Hood, Crater Lake offer best bets
-
November 21, 2007
Crater Lake National Park had about a foot of snow on the
ground at the park headquarters and a few inches more at the rim, said Dana
Barney, a cashier who was answering phones.
Lundy happy with
progress at Crater Lake park -
November 12, 2007
Chuck
Lundy's epiphany came in the 1970s, while making cement forms on
a construction job in Massachusetts.
Plotting a new course: Crater Lake superintendent Chuck Lundy to
retire next year -
November 12, 2007
The Chuck Lundy years at Crater Lake National Park were defined
by the park's 100-year celebration.
A bit
of history - November 12, 2007
Chuck
Lundy took over as Crater Lake's superintendent Nov. 8, 1998.
Park historian Steve Mark said when Lundy retires Jan. 3, 2008,
he will be third in tenure, behind Ernest P. Leavitt.
Delegation Supporting Visitor Center at Crater Lake
- November 11, 2007
Members of Oregon's congressional delegation are supporting
efforts aimed at building the first-ever visitor center at
Crater Lake, the county's sixth oldest national park.
Walden, DeFazio Voice Support
- November 11, 2007
Oregon Congressional delegation members outlined their support
for $2.5 million in federal money to help build a Crater Lake
National Park visitor center.
Crater
Rim Drive closes Friday evening -
November 7, 2007
Rim Drive and the north entrance road at Crater Lake National Park will
close for the season at 6 p.m, Friday.
Follow-up on
2005 Ranger-Involved Shooting -
November 5, 2007
On
July 27, 2005, two Crater Lake rangers responded to a domestic
disturbance in Mazama Campground....
Source
of the Rogue - November 01, 2007
This could be your last weekend to see the source of the Rogue
River before the snow flies. If you've never seen thousands of gallons of water
erupting from the middle of a rocky hillside, the trail to Boundary Springs is
worth considering for a sunny autumn day trip. Webmaster's note: Boundary
Springs (the source of the Rogue River) is in the far
northwestern corner of Crater Lake National Park.
Unanimous Oregon
Delegation Requests $2.5 Million for Crater Lake Visitor Center
- October 31, 2007
A Oregon Congressional delegation
sent a letter to Jim Nussle, Director of the Office of
Management and Budget, calling on the Bush administration to
include $2.5 million in the Interior Dept. budget for a new
Visitor Education Center at Crater Lake National Park.
Crater Lake Seeks
Volunteers -
October 27, 2007
Volunteers willing to field questions and provide information about winter
activities at Crater Lake National Park are being sought by the Friends of
Crater Lake.
Screaming wind downs forest trees: Crater Lake park, Prospect
area hit by gusts of up to 60 mph -
October 27, 2007
High winds toppled trees in the mountains around Prospect
and Crater Lake National Park Friday morning, closing forest roads and even
Highway 62 for a short time....
Crater Lake Ski Patrol looking for members
- October 18, 2007
If the idea of an evening ski tour at Crater Lake sounds
appealing, you might want to think about joining the volunteer ski patrol....
Crater Lake offers a compelling glimpse of the changing seasons
- October 04, 2007
If you want an early taste of winter, this is the time to
visit Crater Lake National Park. October brings sudden changes in the weather,
especially in the high country....
Survival of the
fittest for our man in Patagonia -
September 30, 2007
When it comes to gardening, retired biology professor
Frank Lang employs a survival-of-the-fittest approach.
Crater Lake deep yields mysterious moss
- September 15, 2007
Thick
patches of moss grow in large, dense mats 100 feet below the
surface of crystalline Crater Lake. Mysterious cylindrical holes
spiral deep into sections of the mats....
Cycle Oregon: This year's tour includes Diamond, Crater Lakes
- September 12, 2007
Cycle Oregon 2007 participants puffed and grunted Tuesday from
Diamond Lake to Crater Lake, around the caldera’s rim, and back
to Diamond Lake again for the third leg of their nearly 500-mile
journey....
Bicyclers pedal and party their way through state
- September 10, 2007
Cycle Oregon is a nearly 500-mile, weeklong bicycle trip
that climbs and dips over the Cascades and back around again, but as strenuous
as it may seem, some insist it’s more like a party than an endurance test....
Fairview woman
dies in Jeep accident near Crater Lake
- September
03, 2007
A Fairview woman died late Sunday when she lost control of her Jeep Grand
Cherokee on Oregon 62 near Crater Lake. Two passengers were injured in the
accident.
Remains of Long Missing Body at Crater Lake
-
August 29, 2007
Skeletal remains of a body found in a remote area of Crater Lake
National Park last summer are being studied to determine if they
might be a person missing in the park since 1991.
Free
Admission Saturday
- August 24, 2007
Those who enjoy national parks and saving a buck or two may want to
visit Crater Lake on Saturday.
Crater
Lake Rim Runs Recap
-
August 13, 2007
Last Thursday I headed south for
my annual trip to Crater Lake National Park. Nine of the past 10
years, beginning in 1998, I've spent the second weekend of
August at Crater Lake to enjoy the spectacular views...
Runs Bring Out
Veterans
-
August 13, 2007
Martin Balding missed the first three Crater Lake Rim Runs
marathons because he didn’t know about the race.
Runners Chase
Personal Bests, Shed Baggage
-
August 12, 2007
Among his friends, Jeff Caba is known as
“Second-place Caba.” Saturday morning in the 32nd annual Crater Lake Rim
Runs marathon, the 37-year-old from Bend may have rid himself of that moniker.
Pine Beetles
Infest Crater Lake Rim -
August 11, 2007
Global warming is the prime suspect in a mountain pine
beetle infestation that is killing the whitebark pine trees on the rim of Crater
Lake.
See Crater Lake
Panorama From Atop Garfield Peak -
August 10, 2007
One of the best hikes at Crater Lake begins right at the
lodge and winds to the summit of Garfield Peak, a scenic crag that rises
sharply to nearly 8,100 feet just east of the lodge.
Little-visited
Sphagnum Bog a hotbed for botanists -
August 6, 2007
Larry Powers led a group of nine through a section of
bogs recently at Sphagnum Bog, a little-visited, remote research natural area
near the northwest boundary of Crater Lake National Park.
Crater Lake's
Mystery Moss - August
01, 2007
The soggy day of field work that Buktenica led July 18 is part of a broader
research program to monitor the lake's health and explore its unique ecology.
This summer, researchers are unleashing an arsenal of instruments on a complex
underwater moss colony that thrives on a platform of submerged volcanic rock
around Wizard Island on the lake's west side.
Travelers Find Solace in Sights, Scenery
-
July 29, 2007
From Crater Lake to the Lava Beds, visitors from all
walks of life come to the Klamath Basin to enjoy the sights and
scenery.
Since You Asked:
Espey Had Quite a Life -
July 28, 2007
In the July 20 issue of the Mail Tribune, there was an article by Damian Mann
titled "Cleaning Up Espey" in reference to the Espey Wildlife Station. Can you enlighten us further as to who Larry Espey was?
Thinning to Cause
Delays -
July 19, 2007
A thinning project designed to
maintain large legacy trees and remove dead hazard trees will
cause traffic delays for the next month on Highway 62, which
provides access to Crater Lake National Park from the southwest.
He made movies in
Brooklyn, over 100 years ago (Fred Kiser)
-
July 5,
2007
In 1902 they began producing photographs of the Columbia River
Gorge, followed shortly by commissions for promotional photos of
the newly-created Crater Lake National Park (1903), official
photography for the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition, and
photos of the 1905 Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition....
Blue-green
algae detected at Lemolo Lake
-
June 26, 2007
A health advisory was issued today for Lemolo Lake, about 60
miles east of Roseburg, because high levels of blue-green algae
have been detected.
Annie
Springs Campground
- June 17, 2007
If you go: From Medford, drive the Crater
Lake Highway (Highway 62) to the West Entrance of Crater Lake
National Park. After paying the $10-per-car entrance fee, turn
right at the first road and continue to the large guest parking
lot...
Cycle Oregon 2007:
The Week Ride
- Jun 3, 2007
Why do you want to experience the 20th Anniversary Ride? Because
for this special occasion, we’re going to show you the best of
Oregon on two wheels. When? September 8-15, 2007
Crater Lake northern entrance opens today
-
May 24, 2007
Just in time for holiday travel this Memorial Day weekend, the
north entrance to Crater Lake National Park marks its annual
opening — extra early.
Mountain Climber
Brian Smith
- May 24, 2007
Mountain climber Brian Smith, a 1988 graduate of South
Medford High School, reached the top of Mount Everest at exactly
2:50 a.m. today Nepalese time in dark and cold conditions.
Shadow Everest: Brian Smith
April 27, 2007
Brian Smith's chest is racked by coughing spasms. His
cuts don't heal in the thin air. He wakes each morning inside his tent with his
sleeping bag covered with ice. And he is bone tired.
Unraveling the secret of Crater Lake's ... Deep Moss
April 2, 2007
It's a huge colony of moss that has lived quietly in the depths of the
clearest lake in the United States since somewhere between 4,000 and 7,700 years
ago after Mount Mazama blew its top and created the hole that Crater Lake would
fill.
National Park
Service Listening Session: Gatlinburg, Tennessee -
March
14, 2007
I attended yesterday's NPS first "listening session" on the
National Park Centennial Initiative in preparation for the
2016 NPS centennial. The meeting was held at the Mills
Auditorium near the Gatlinburg Convention Center in
Gatlinburg, TN.
Note: Owen is one of our
(Crater Lake Institute) board members. Please read
our oped
concerning the proposed budget that would fund this NP
Centennial Initiative. Also, you can visit the
NPS website for more
information on the Centennial Initiative.
National parks
budget mostly a shell game
-
March 2, 2007
Of the proposed $230 million "increase" in park operations,
$211 million is actually at the expense of other national
park programs. The old shell game is done today with a
spreadsheet. A closer look shows that maintenance and
construction, historic preservation, state assistance and
land acquisition will be reduced; the budget moves money
around rather than increasing overall benefits.
Rainier third most
dangerous U.S. volcano
-
February 28, 2007
Over the next two years, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
plans to increase the number of earthquake monitors from
five to nine, ring the mountain with eight new
global-positioning (GPS) units to monitor the mountain's
movements and speckle it with 21 small metal discs to gauge
whether the mountain changes shape.
New 'America the Beautiful'
pass stirs controversy -
February 23, 2007
I’m starting to get afraid of getting a ticket one of these days for
not being able to see out my windshield.
Post-Kim task force helps in
finding man -
February 21, 2007
William Gladstone Steel was one of Oregon's most active
mountaineers and advocates for national parks and forest
conservation in the Pacific Northwest. He is best known as the
father of Crater Lake National Park and the founder of the
Mazamas, the West Coast's oldest continual mountaineering club.
The next episode of
Oregon
Experience
examines the life of this complex and
sometimes controversial man. Tune in to the stations of Oregon
Public Broadcasting on Monday, February 19 at 9pm.
