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.

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.

Naked lady sculpture at Crater Lake since 1917 - September 28, 2000

I remember when I was a small child living in Eagle Point, we drove to Crater Lake. On the way up, we turned on a gravel road to the left, I think. We viewed a naked lady carved on a rock. We had so many ideas how she got there. Do you have any information on this and how would we get there now?

When Crater Lake National Park celebrates its 100th birthday in 2002, many of the 600,000 tourists that will come to admire North America’s deepest lake will drive Highway 62.

Obituaries: Lucy Eda Meyer - September 14, 2000

The funeral for Lucy Eda Meyer will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Conger-Morris Chapel in Medford. Interment will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Eagle Point National Cemetery.

Alert goes out to fire cadre: all who qualified put on standby for firefighting - August 08, 2000

If you have a firefighter’s red card and work for Uncle Sam, chances are you are either battling a blaze or could soon be marching out to the smoky front lines.

Researchers finish Crater Lake map - August 04, 2000

Ancient landslides and lava flows never before seen by humans have been revealed at the bottom of the nation’s deepest lake.

Lake's mapping stars on Web site - August 02, 2000

The shroud of mystery covering the bottom of Crater Lake is lifting and the results are a Web site near you.

Scientists finish mapping floor of Crater Lake - August 2000

Using the latest multibeam sidescan sonar technology, scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of New Hampshire finished mapping the bottom of Crater Lake, Oregon, in Crater Lake National Park.

Crater Lake can't hide its bottom - July 31, 2000

The spectacle of a helicopter lowering a boat called the "Surf Surveyor" into Crater Lake last week caught everyone's attention. But now, this science vessel will work hours on end for the next few days using brand-new sonar technology called multi-beam mapping, scanning the mysterious bottoms of one of the world's deepest lakes.

Military Saves the Day for Crater Lake Sonar Research - July 29, 2000

In 1886, while trying to map the bottom of Crater Lake for the first time, William Steel wrote in his journal, “How shall we launch the boat now that we have got it here?”

Crater Lake mapping boat gets a lift - July 29, 2000

A huge, olive-drab Chinook CH-47D helicopter with an Army reserve crew from Fort Lewis, Wash., transported the research vessel filled with sonar equipment from the rim of the lake onto the lake’s surface.

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.

Getting to the bottom of things at Crater Lake - July 21, 2000

The bottom of Crater Lake, in Crater Lake National park, will get a thorough going over during the next two weeks, when scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey and the University of New Hampshire will map the lake’s bottom, using the latest multibeam sidescan sonar technology.

Helicopter at bottom of Crater Lake - June 30th, 2000

Whatever happened with the helicopter that crashed into Crater Lake a few years ago? Did they ever fish it out? A friend of mine said park officials decided to leave the helicopter in the lake. Aren’t they concerned about polluting the water?

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.

SOPTV will film Crater Lake, 14 byways - March 29, 2000

Southern Oregon Public Television will produce two shows over the next year with grants from the Oregon Department of Transportation and Friends of Crater Lake.

Local Report: Registration available for Crater Lake runs - March 10, 2000

Crater Lake 'copter won't be retrieved: Effort too risky, park officials say - January 26, 2000

The National Park Service will not require the company that owns the helicopter that crashed into Crater Lake in fall 1995 to remove the wreckage.