/tags/crater-lake Crater Lake en-US Copyright Fri, 27 Sep 2024 11:58:22 GMT /travel-and-tourism/2024-09-27/crater-lakes-new-hospitality-company-reflects-on-a-demanding-first-season As 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. Fri, 27 Sep 2024 11:58:22 GMT /travel-and-tourism/2024-09-27/crater-lakes-new-hospitality-company-reflects-on-a-demanding-first-season Roman Battaglia /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-07-31/threatened-bull-trout-in-the-klamath-basin-thriving-after-30-years-of-conservation-work Bull trout have populated the Klamath Basin for thousands of years. But, they’ve 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. Wed, 31 Jul 2024 12:28:58 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-07-31/threatened-bull-trout-in-the-klamath-basin-thriving-after-30-years-of-conservation-work Roman Battaglia /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-02-17/national-parks-service-plans-to-terminate-crater-lake-hospitality-contract-over-unsafe-conditions 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. Sat, 17 Feb 2024 20:29:27 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2024-02-17/national-parks-service-plans-to-terminate-crater-lake-hospitality-contract-over-unsafe-conditions Roman Battaglia /environment-energy-and-transportation/2023-12-13/condemned-housing-staff-safety-concerns-and-diesel-spills-listed-in-aramark-management-of-crater-lake 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. Wed, 13 Dec 2023 21:00:44 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2023-12-13/condemned-housing-staff-safety-concerns-and-diesel-spills-listed-in-aramark-management-of-crater-lake Erik Neumann /environment-energy-and-transportation/2023-11-16/center-for-biological-diversity-seeks-endangered-species-protection-for-crater-lake-newt On Thursday, the environmental nonprofit submitted its legal petition for protection under the Endangered Species Act to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Fri, 17 Nov 2023 01:34:32 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2023-11-16/center-for-biological-diversity-seeks-endangered-species-protection-for-crater-lake-newt Jane Vaughan /outdoors-leisure-and-sports/2023-07-17/a-new-bicycle-corridor-is-in-the-works-in-southwest-oregon Planners envision a 172-mile route connecting Roseburg to Crater Lake, then heading southwest on Highway 62 to Eagle Point. Mon, 17 Jul 2023 13:15:47 GMT /outdoors-leisure-and-sports/2023-07-17/a-new-bicycle-corridor-is-in-the-works-in-southwest-oregon Karen Richards /environment-energy-and-transportation/2022-09-11/keeping-tabs-on-crater-lake 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’s ecology—and perhaps, for its iconic appearance. Sun, 11 Sep 2022 16:41:50 GMT /environment-energy-and-transportation/2022-09-11/keeping-tabs-on-crater-lake Juliet Grable /show/as-it-was/2019-12-23/as-it-was-crater-lake-features-ski-jumping-in-1920s-and-1930s Winter activities were popular at Crater Lake and Fort Klamath during the winter months of the 1920s and 1930s. Ski jumping brought together participants… Mon, 23 Dec 2019 08:01:00 GMT /show/as-it-was/2019-12-23/as-it-was-crater-lake-features-ski-jumping-in-1920s-and-1930s Luana (Loffer) Corbin /show/as-it-was/2019-09-03/as-it-was-alex-sparrow-becomes-crater-lake-superintendent-in-1917 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… Tue, 03 Sep 2019 07:01:00 GMT /show/as-it-was/2019-09-03/as-it-was-alex-sparrow-becomes-crater-lake-superintendent-in-1917 Sharon Bywater /show/as-it-was/2018-02-06/as-it-was-grenade-blows-up-car-pursued-by-crater-lake-ranger Crater Lake National Patrol Ranger Alice Siebecker was pursuing a speeding car on the park’s south entrance road in 1982 when the car exploded, ran off… Tue, 06 Feb 2018 08:01:00 GMT /show/as-it-was/2018-02-06/as-it-was-grenade-blows-up-car-pursued-by-crater-lake-ranger Kernan Turner