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Roman Battaglia/JPR NewsAs the summer winds to a close, and snow appears on the horizon, the hospitality company ExplorUS is wrapping up its first full season at Crater Lake National Park. The company took over after the National Park Service kicked out the last vendor. -
Roman Battaglia/JPR NewsBull trout have populated the Klamath Basin for thousands of years. But, they鈥檝e nearly been wiped out by competition from non-native fish. The 30-year recovery of this trout is proving to be a rare success story among endangered species.
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The National Park Service is threatening to terminate its contract with the company that manages facilities at Crater Lake National Park. This comes after ongoing problems with basic health and safety standards. -
The company managing facilities at Crater Lake National Park has created unsafe conditions that threaten the park, visitors and employees who live and work there, according to a stern letter sent by Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden. -
On Thursday, the environmental nonprofit submitted its legal petition for protection under the Endangered Species Act to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. -
Planners envision a 172-mile route connecting Roseburg to Crater Lake, then heading southwest on Highway 62 to Eagle Point. -
The clarity of Crater Lake has remained uncompromised for decades. But other changes are afoot, many of them wrought by a warming climate. Some of these changes have profound implications for the lake鈥檚 ecology鈥攁nd perhaps, for its iconic appearance. -
Winter activities were popular at Crater Lake and Fort Klamath during the winter months of the 1920s and 1930s. Ski jumping brought together participants鈥�
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The first superintendent to serve full-time at Crater Lake National Park, Alex Sparrow, took the job in 1917. He had been a U.S. Army engineer for 24鈥�
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Crater Lake National Patrol Ranger Alice Siebecker was pursuing a speeding car on the park鈥檚 south entrance road in 1982 when the car exploded, ran off鈥�
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Crater Lake may be Oregon's crown jewel, but the state's only national park needs some love. Like many national parks, Crater Lake has not received enough鈥� -
An Army Corps of Engineers worker at Crater Lake warned in November 1915 that tourists should expect to see lots of bears by spring time.A Corps watchman鈥�
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In 1876, a small party started out on horseback to see that magnificent lake high in the Cascades some were beginning to call Crater Lake.The group鈥�
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When the U.S. Mint asked Gov. Ted Kulongoski to come up with something to serve as an iconic image of the state, he took his wife鈥檚 advice.The Oregon鈥�
