Quote of the Week Archives
"Before you knew it, we had a marathon," Shields said. "Frank
Betts, who was the (park) superintendent said that if we got the
race going, he would try to run it.",
Frank Shields in reminiscing about the Crater Lake Rim Run
Marathon, August 14, 2004
"We
are not an island in the middle of an ocean. Things that go
on around us have an effect on us," Jon Jarvis,
resource management specialist at Crater Lake (now Pacific
West NPS Regional Director), on the geothermal drilling
controversy, July 28, 1984
"And
I took the time to notice the beauty,"
he said. "That’s the
difference between this marathon and city marathons — you’re not
cruising so fast you can’t enjoy nature." Gunnar
Rethfeldt, a runner in the Crater Lake Rim Run, shortly after
the race, August 11, 2002.
"There are a lot of different cycles going on at the lake at the
same time," Buktenica said. "We don't understand what cycles
have to occur to get these unusually clear periods, but that's
one reason we continue to study this lake."
Mark Buktenica, Crater Lake National Park aquatic ecologist, on Crater Lake's water
quality,
June 27, 1997.
"Crater
Lake must be seen to be appreciated properly. Photographs simply
cannot depict the majesty of the lake in its setting, the depth
of the blue," Thomas J. Williams, former Crater Lake
NP superintendent, recalling his time at Crater Lake, shortly
before his retirement,
March 7, 1968.
