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2001

 

6,500 feet up and 16 feet deep: when you work at Crater Lake, the snowfall comes with the territory - December 20, 2001

Steve Mark suggests that all new National Park Service employees facing their first winter at Crater Lake be required to watch "The Shining."

 

Carl Fredrick Wilson - December 09, 2001

Carl Fredrick Wilson, 97, a former Klamath County resident, died Dec. 6, 2001, of natural causes in Salem.

 

Manager John Miele to retire from Crater Lake - November 27, 2001

Back in the 1990s, when most of his supervisors and the park staff advocated the demolition and removal of Crater Lake Lodge, Miele thought it should be rebuilt in the unfulfilled vision of its creators. It was.

 

Friends of Crater Lake  November 18, 2001

The Friends of Crater Lake, a group formed to assist with programs at Crater Lake National Park, is taking an active role in the park's upcoming centennial celebrating 100 years as a national park.

 

Forest agencies plan underburns - October 25, 2001

Fire season may not be over yet, but don't expect fire engines to chase every plume of smoke rising in the local forests this fall.

 

Crater Lake Friends will hold meeting on Saturday: Watchman restaurant to host meeting - October 03, 2001

Friends of Crater Lake will hold their ninth annual meeting at Crater Lake National Park on Saturday.

 

Op Ed: Deep pockets needed: New Crater Lake concessionaire must share commitment to de-commercializing the park - October, 2001

Crater Lake, Oregon's only national park, is an important tourist draw to Southern Oregon. That makes the park concessionaire important too.

 

Crews work to snuff 100+ fires - September 19, 2001

Seven small lightning-sparked fires are being allowed to burn themselves out under the watchful eyes of fire officials in the Crater Lake National Park.

 

Firefighters mop up blazes from thunderstorm - September 18, 2001

Scores of firefighters on Monday attacked dozens of the nearly 100 small wildfires left from a weekend thunderstorm that generated more than 7,000 lightning strikes in Southern Oregon.

 

Crater Lake stories featured in Shaw Library book - September 17, 2001

Historic remembrances, Indian legends and new stories about Crater Lake are featured in "The Mountain With a Hole in the Top: Reflections on Crater Lake."

 

Crater Lake run part of Williams' rich existence - August 15, 2001

In his young life, Jay Williams has availed himself to an existence rich with adventure.  An ambitious hiker, he has attempted to backpack the entire north-south route of the Pacific Coast Trail — and will try again.

 

New work gives old look to Crater Lake buildings - July 23, 2001

The park's popular Rim Village area is undergoing a series of transformations this summer in preparation for next year's 100th anniversary celebration of Crater Lake as a national park.

 

Remote blazes pose challenge for firefighters - July 16, 2001

Lightning strikes ignited 10 small fires in Crater Lake National Park recently, but the remoteness of some is making it difficult for crews to put them out.

 

Crater Lake project restores purpose to Rim Village sites - July 1, 2001

If you had taken a boat out on the crystal clear waters of Crater Lake 70 years ago, chances are you wouldn't have been able to locate the new Sinnott Memorial building high above on the south rim.

 

New Maps/Report by USGS Scientists show underwater features of Crater Lake in unprecedented detail  - June 1, 2001

New Maps/Report by USGS Scientists Show Underwater Features of Crater Lake in Unprecedented Detail Ancient lava flows, volcanic cones and landslides are some of the features below the surface of Crater Lake that are depicted and explained in a report available from the U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior.

 

Crater Lake National Park sets north entrance opening date - April 12, 2001

Unusually low snow at Crater Lake National Park means that the park can schedule dates when it plans to open roads normally buried by deep snow.

 

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 was crossed much earlier, by George - April 01, 2001

For years historians have debated whether Theodore Roosevelt, the president who proclaimed Crater Lake a national park in 1902, actually visited the lake.

 

Big bash planned at park in 2002 Crater Lake National Park will hold a birthday party...and you're invited! - March 23, 2001

Not just any party. Next year Lundy will coordinate a bash that will involve Crater Lake National Park's usual half-million visitors along with special guests celebrating the 100th anniversary of the park's creation.

 

New plates would celebrate Crater Lake - March 05, 2001

Before long, you may not have to drive up 62 and past Beckie’s cafe to see Crater Lake. It’ll be on the car in front of you on I-5. At the Rogue Valley Mall. Maybe even in your own driveway.

 

Park Service staff to teach students - February 16, 2001

Chiloquin Elementary School students are going to have the opportunity of receiving science-related lessons from Crater Lake National Park personnel.

 

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.

 

Hatfield to chair Crater Lake festivities - January 05, 2001

Mark Hatfield was only about 12 years old when he visited Crater Lake National Park for the first time, a trip he remembers was remarkable not only for the lake but also the young boy-friendly squirrels and chipmunks.


 

 

 

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