Volume 23, 1992 All material courtesy of the National Park Service.These publications can also be found at http://npshistory.com/ Nature Notes is produced by the National Park Service. © 1992  Introduction By Kent J. Taylor, Chief of Interpretation Crater Lake National Park celebrates its 90th anniversary this year. On May 15-17, 1992, the Crater Lake Natural History Association, … Continue reading 45 Volume 23 – 1992 →

Volume 21, 1955 All material courtesy of the National Park Service.These publications can also be found at http://npshistory.com/ Nature Notes is produced by the National Park Service. © 1955 Introduction By C. Warren Fairbanks, Chief Park Naturalist One of the objects of the Crater Lake Natural History Association is “to aid in the distribution of information on … Continue reading 43 Volume 21 – 1955 →

Continued from page one  Crater Lake Fishing, 1952 By C. Warren Fairbanks, Ranger-Naturalist During most seasons many of those who visit Crater Lake National Park go down the trail to the lake. Usually quite a number of these people try their hand at fishing, either from boats or from the shores. Hasler and Farner (1942) … Continue reading 40-2 Volume 18 – 1952 →

Continued from Volume 17 page 1 Ornithological Notes of Interest By Donald S. Farner, Ranger-Naturalist The summer of 1951 was somewhat unusual because of the very early disappearance of the snow and further because of the relatively high temperatures and the almost total lack of precipitation during July and August. Although it is not possible to designate … Continue reading 38-2 Volume 17 – 1951 →

Volume 19, 1953 All material courtesy of the National Park Service.These publications can also be found at http://npshistory.com/ Nature Notes is produced by the National Park Service. © 1953   Crater Lake Discovery Centennial By H. John Runkel, Ranger Naturalist Gold! Gold! That cry rang across the United States in the late 1840’s, and Mr. Wesley Hillman … Continue reading 41 Volume 19 – 1953 →

Volume 17,  1951 All material courtesy of the National Park Service.These publications can also be found at http://npshistory.com/ Nature Notes is produced by the National Park Service. © 1951   My Search for Botrychium Pumicola By Roy L. Rogers, Naturalist Assistant “…delicate relative of the ferns with tremendous root system.” The dried, shrunken middle portion of the … Continue reading 38 Volume 17 – 1951 →

Volume 15, September 1949 All material courtesy of the National Park Service.These publications can also be found at http://npshistory.com/ Nature Notes is produced by the National Park Service. © 1949 When Succession Skips a Beat By Bruce R. Brandell, Ranger-Naturalist Plant succession and life-zoning are two striking phenomena at Crater Lake. The former is the transition of … Continue reading 36 Volume 15 – September 1949 →

Mount Mazama and Crater Lake: Growth and Destruction of a Cascade Volcano U.S. Geological Survey and the National Park Service USGS Fact Sheet 092-02, August 2002  Introduction For more than 100 years, scientists have sought to unravel the remarkable story of Crater Lake’s formation. Before Crater Lake came into existence, a cluster of volcanoes dominated … Continue reading 1: Introduction →

Volume 11 No. 1 – July 1, 1938 All material courtesy of the National Park Service.These publications can also be found at http://npshistory.com/ Nature Notes is produced by the National Park Service. © 1938. Preface By John E. Doerr, Jr., Editor   Crater Lake National Park   The park includes an area of 250 square miles on … Continue reading 30 Volume 11 No. 1, July 1938 →

Volume 6 No. 1 – April 1, 1933 All material courtesy of the National Park Service.These publications can also be found at http://npshistory.com/ Nature Notes is produced by the National Park Service. © 1933. The Crystal Gems of Crater Lake in Winter By D. S. Libbey Would that each of you could spend a time in the … Continue reading 16 Volume 6, No. 1, April 1933 →