Park
Management
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
DeFazio wants Interior to rethink Crater Lake fee hike
- January 3, 2007
In a letter sent Tuesday to
Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, DeFazio, a Springfield
Democrat, said he was opposed to the proposal...
DeFazio Urges Interior to Reconsider Hike in
Park Fees - January 2, 2007
U.S. Congressman Peter DeFazio sent a letter last
week to the Secretary of the Interior urging him to strongly reconsider a
proposal that would increase fees at Crater Lake National Park and Lava Beds
National Monument...
DeFazio against parks fee increase -
January 2, 2007
DeFazio,D-4th District, said today he was trying to get the
Park Service to drop its proposal.
He made the statement in a press
release from his Washington office...
Bill would boost size of Upper Klamath Refuge
- July 10, 2006
A $2.5-million funding package earmarked for wetlands and
water storage on the Upper Klamath National Wildlife Refuge
is working its way through Congress.
Lack of cash strains national
parks - June 24, 2006
Visitors to the national parks go for the natural beauty, but
this summer they'll also see crumbling roads, fewer rangers and the
grime of long-term neglect.
Under proposal, Crater Lake entry
fees would double - December 22, 2006
Under the proposal from the Federal Lands Recreation Enactment Act, entrance
fees at Crater Lake would double from $10 to $20 in January 2008...
Big fee hikes
at national parks are a bit too big -
December 21, 2006
There is a public purpose, though,
in encouraging people to go to national parks, and they have
already paid something toward entry fees through taxes...
Proposal would increase Crater Lake fees -
December 18, 2006
The National Park Service has
proposed doubling entrance fees to Crater Lake National
Park. That would mean the current $10 seven-day entrance pass, which allows a
private vehicle and its passengers to access the park, would jump to
$20...
Pine Beetles
Can Set Stage for Disastrous Forest Fires -
November 6, 2006
The beetles apparently are on the
march again, going after the lodgepole pine and other tree species in central
Oregon.
Scientist to lecture about pines
threatened by rust - August 27, 2006
If you've ever admired the regal whitebark pines
on the rim of Crater Lake or other high-elevation pines, you
may want to spend this evening with Diana Tomback.
Latest park proposal still worries
some
-
October 20, 2005
A second draft of proposed revisions to national park
management policies released Tuesday dropped language that
could have opened national parks to cell phone towers,
snowmobiles and private watercraft.
Scientists gather to save pines -
October 09, 2005
Whitebark pines, the slow-growing, usually wind-twisted trees found at
heavily visited areas of Crater Lake National Park, are often admired
for their beauty and their ability to survive in high, harsh climates.
Crater Lake pines in peril
- October 01, 2005
But whitebark pines at Crater Lake, and throughout high elevation,
sub-alpine reaches of the American West, are dying at an alarming rate
from blister rust, an exotic pine disease. Because blister rust is
non-native, trees have very little resistance.
Proposal: Parks need an update
- September 6, 2005
A set of proposed revisions to national park policy could
open Crater Lake and other national parks to cell-phone
towers, snowmobiles and private water craft.
Since you asked: It would take
centuries to drink up Crater Lake
-
May 6, 2005
My daughter would like to know, in case the city of Medford ran out of water
from other sources, how long it would take to drink and use all
of the water in Crater Lake.
Crater Lake to get funds
- November 22, 2004
After decades of persistent lobbying and
postponed promises, plans to relocate the large parking lot at the rim
of Crater Lake are ready to move ahead.
Crater Lake historic home to be
restored
- December 10, 2003
Plans to rehabilitate the
superintendent's residence at Crater Lake -- part of a series of restoration
projects in the Munson Valley Historic District -- are now available for
public review.
Park officials seek public
comments about plan to rehabilitate superintendent's house
- December 01, 2003
Public comments on a plan to rehabilitate the historic
superintendent's house at Crater Lake National Park are being requested by
the National Park Service.
Comments sought for Rim Village
project - May
25, 2003
Public
comments are wanted on the environmental effects of
rehabilitating the cafeteria building and relocating parking at
Crater Lake National Park's Rim Village.
Plan: Relocate rim parking: Rim Village parking may leave Crater Lake's
edge - November 22, 2002
Chuck Lundy, Crater Lake National Park's superintendent, said it's hoped
the parking lot relocation and rehabilitation of the cafeteria and gift
shop will begin in 2004. Estimated cost of the project is $7.2 million.
Keep Rim Drive open - all of the
way
- July 31, 2002
When it comes to historic structures, Crater Lake's Rim Drive
ranks with some of the best. True, we don't often think of roads
as structures, but they are, and they are some of the most
important.
Park plan looks at snipping Rim
Road - July 05, 2002
Significant changes, including closure of a
large segment of Rim Drive to motorists, are being considered as a new
management plan is developed for Crater Lake National Park.
Ideas sought on Crater Lake Plan -
April 04, 2001
The National Park Service is looking for input
on how Crater Lake National Park should be managed for the next several
years.
Crater Lake's future to get a
management plan - January 22, 2001
They lack a crystal ball, but managers at Crater
Lake National Park hope to envision and shape the park's future for the
next 10 to 15 years.
Comments sought on proposed Crater
Lake snowmobile rules -
December 22, 2000
Public comment will be taken on a proposal to
eliminate snowmobiling at Crater Lake National Park, although the Bush
administration will probably have the choice of not enacting the
prohibitions.
Changes in rules coming for park:
snowmobiles may be banned at Crater Lake
- December 18, 2000
A
rule change that would eliminate snowmobiling in Crater Lake
National Park, already limited to an eight-mile stretch
along the North Entrance Road, is expected to be announced
in mid-January.
Details of proposed national
monument are outlined
-
December 11, 2000
A proposal for a national monument near Diamond
Lake would protect 206,600 acres of land on the Umpqua and Rogue River
national forests, including 8,353-foot high Mount Bailey, the
centerpiece of the proposal.
Time to rectify: I-5/Highway 62
proposal forced by poor planning in the past -
July 28, 2000
It should come as no surprise to anyone that the traffic
mess at the Interstate 5/Highway 62 interchange at Medford’s
north end is bad enough that fixing it will require
destruction of at least three major businesses, loss of
direct access to 62 for others, and a bill totaling millions
of dollars.
Businesses could fall if freeway
exit is realigned: Fixup of Highway 62 depends on I-5
changes - July 25, 2000
Three businesses will be bulldozed and others
will lose their access to Highway 62 if the Oregon Department of
Transportation’s proposed realignment of the north Medford
Interstate 5 interchange is approved.
Crater Lake likely to ban
snowmobiles: Feds prohibit vehicles in national parks -
April 28, 2000
The
door hasn't slammed shut just yet, but it appears to be closing on snowmobilers riding into Crater Lake
National Park.
Spending bill includes work at
Crater Lake - November 20, 1999
The spending bill approved Thursday by the U.S. House of
Representatives includes more than $45 million for Oregon
projects, including restoration work at Crater Lake.
Highway 62 traffic plans on fast
track: alternatives considered for heavily congested road
-
September 19, 1999
A plan to relieve traffic on Highway 62 will start rolling this
week when its concepts are put to computer testing.
Crater Lake might make fire a
tool: comments sought on plan -
May 5, 1999
After some 60 years of battling wildfires, the National Park
Service is slowly turning its fiery nemesis into an ally.
Crater Lake officials have plan to improve the park's ambience -
August 8th, 1998
The managers of Oregon's only national park want visitors to get
a better first impression of Crater Lake. And they think a plan to
tear out a big parking lot and rehabilitate several of the park's
oldest buildings will give people something to rave about.
Don't fish in Crater - February 13, 1998
Calling fishing a "violent process"
inharmonious with Crater Lake, the group People for the Ethical
Treatment of Animals has asked the park to ban fishing within its
boundaries.
'Leisurely' viewing envisioned at
rim
- December 10, 1997
The Crater Lake rim area will lose some of its commercial look in
favor of a distinctly 1930s appeal in time for the 21st century
under a $15 million proposal to make Oregon's only national park
more visitor-friendly.
Crater Lake drilling stirs controversy
- July 28, 1984
A revised environmental impact
assessment due next month could lead to round-the-clock
drilling next to Crater Lake National Park in a search for
geothermal energy
Wolverine plan threatens Pelican Butte ski project -
September 29, 1998
A war over wolverines is shaping up in the high Cascades, with
environmentalists seeking a 330,000-acre refuge for the elusive
predator that includes land scheduled for logging and resort
development.
Crater Lake Water Level "Down', But Concern Is Slight
-
March 14, 1977
The water level of Crater Lake has dropped slightly because of the drought
but National Park Service officials aren't worried.
Anti-mining bill passes
- February 5, 1976
Sen. Mark Hatfield, R-Ore., said a
bill approved by the Senate Wednesday would close a loophole
that would allow mining within Crater Lake National Park and
five other areas of the National Park System.
Crater Money Sought
-
January 22, 1976
The new director of the Pacific Northwest Region of the National Park Service
will attempt to get some additional money for Crater Lake National Park this
summer.
Crater Lake Funds
- January 17, 1969
Crater Lake National Park in
Oregon is included in the President's budget for $256,000.
It is one of 12 national parks listed for money for
buildings, utilities and other facilities.
Bills for Damage Introduced: Lassen Blast Cause of Action
- February 27, 1943
Two bills which would pay damages caused by an explosion in a house at Lassen
volcanic national park several years ago were passed by the house of
representatives at Washington Thursday and now go to the senate.
Crater Lake Travel Increases Daily
- September, 1929
Since the opening of the route to the rim of Crater Lake on June 22, the
number of Summer vacationists has daily increased until travel roads show an
increase of five hundred people over last year....
Big Increase in Visitors Shown By Crater Lake
- July 25, 1926
The growing popularity of Crater Lake National Park is reflected in the
figures showing the heavy travel which has already set in to Oregon's national
playground....
No Fish in Crater Lake, Oregon
- September 17, 1897
There
are no fish in Crater lake, Or., the deepest fresh water lake in
the world, and the Government has decided to stock it with
trout....
Passage of Senator Dolph's Land
Bill -
March 23, 1888
The passage of Senator Dolph's
bill granting Oregon five townships in Oregon, including the
famous Crater lake, for a public park, is a subject for
congratulation.
Senator Dolph Presented Crater
Lake Bill -
February 3, 1888
Senator Dolph has presented a bill, the provisions of which donates the land
around Crater Lake, Oregon, to the State for a public park.
