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Foundation Document Crater Lake National Park Oregon August 2015 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE • U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Foundation Document Crater Lake National Park Oregon August 2015 Signatur es 8-7-2015 Foundation Document To Diamond Lake, Roseburg, and 5 Pacifc Crest National Visitor center Gasoline 0 1 2 3 4 5 Kilometers Scenic Trail (PCT) 0 1 2 3 4 5 Miles Other hiking trail Lodging Picnic area North Food service Campground UMPQUA NATIONAL Pets are prohibited Beaver on all hiking trails. Meadows Store Backcountry campsite FOREST Offroad driving is (permit required) prohibited. Cree Showers k 230 k or ) ( F ver st Rogue Ri Cascade Mountain Pass 138 Ea Lake West North Entrance Station To Bend, Eugene, and 97 To Medford and 5 Boundary Springs l i a r T c i North Entrance Road n e ROGUE RIVER c S l NATIONAL a n o i FOREST t a PUMICE DESERT N t s e r C c WINEMA if c Pa NATIONAL Oasis Butte FOREST CRATER LAKE NATIONAL PARK Red Cone Sphagnum Bog Red Cone Spring ic Trail en Cleetwood Cove Trail c S l a n o i t a Steel East N R Bay t i m s North Junction e r D C r c f i Grotto c a Cove P Watchman Overlook Crater Lake WIZARD ISLAND Cloudcap Overlook Cloudcap Lightning Bay Spring W Rim Village e s Rim Village Café & Gift Shop MOUNT SCOTT t Phantom Ship Sinnott Memorial Overlook (highest point in park) R Overlook im Rim Village Visitor Center 8929ft Kerr Notch 2721m D Crater Lake Lodge Plaikni Falls To Medford r. and 5 62 Park HQ Steel Pinnacles Road Visitor Center Vidae Falls Thousand r Springs C Ea Castle Point Whitehorse Ponds st Ri G 6276ft Annie m D 1913m r r Spring iv a Lost Creek e y b a rive ck D Annie Spring Entrance Station Duwee Falls Annie Creek Restaurant and Gift Shop Mazama Village T HE PI NNA CLES Pinnacles Overlook ROGUE RIVER NATIONAL FOREST S A N D A n PUMICE n WINEMA NATIONAL ie R I FLAT D Cre ek G l l FOREST E i a r T c Stuart Falls i n e c 62 S l l a n o WINEMA NATIONAL i at N FOREST SKY LAKES st e r WILDERNESS C SUN PASS STATE FOREST c f i c a P To Klamath Falls and 97 Crater Lake National Park Contents Mission of the National Park Service 1 Introduction 2 Part 1: Core Components 3 Brief Description of the Park 3 Park Purpose 5 Park Signifcance 6 Fundamental Resources and Values 7 Other Important Resources and Values 9 Interpretive Themes 10 Part 2: Dynamic Components 11 Special Mandates and Administrative Commitments 11 Assessment of Planning and Data Needs 11 Analysis of Fundamental Resources and Values 11 Identifcation of Key Issues and Associated Planning and Data Needs 12 Planning and Data Needs 15 High Priority Planning Needs 15 High Priority Data Needs 17 Summary of High Priority Planning and Data Needs 19 Summary of Other Planning and Data Needs 20 Part 3: Contributors 27 Crater Lake National Park 27 NPS Pacifc West Regional Offce 27 NPS Denver Service Center, Planning Division 27 Stakeholders 27 Appendixes 28 Appendix A: Enabling Legislation for Crater Lake National Park 28 Appendix B: Analysis of Fundamental Resources and Values and Other Important Resources and Values 29 Appendix C: Inventory of Special Mandates and Administrative Commitments 50 Appendix D: Ongoing High Priority Plans 54 Foundation Document Crater Lake National Park Mission of the National Park Service The National Park Service (NPS) preserves unimpaired the natural and cultural resources and values of the national park system for the enjoyment, education, and inspiration of this and future generations. The National Park Service cooperates with partners to extend the benefts of natural and cultural resource conservation and outdoor recreation throughout this country and the world. The NPS core values are a framework in which the National Park Service accomplishes its mission. They express the manner in which, both individually and collectively, the National Park Service pursues its mission. The NPS core values are: · Shared stewardship: We share a commitment to resource stewardship with the global preservation community. · Excellence: We strive continually to learn and improve so that we may achieve the highest ideals of public service. · Integrity: We deal honestly and fairly with the public and one another. · Tradition: We are proud of it; we learn from it; we are not bound by it. · Respect: We embrace each other’s diferences so that we may enrich the well-being of everyone. The National Park Service is a bureau within the Department of the Interior. While numerous national park system units were created prior to 1916, it was not until August 25, 1916, that President Woodrow Wilson signed the National Park Service Organic Act formally establishing the National Park Service. The national park system continues to grow and comprises more than 400 park units covering more than 84 million acres in every state, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. These units include, but are not limited to, national parks, monuments, battlefelds, military parks, historical parks, historic sites, lakeshores, seashores, recreation areas, scenic rivers and trails, and the White House. The variety and diversity of park units throughout the nation require a strong commitment to resource stewardship and management to ensure both the protection and enjoyment of these resources for future generations. The arrowhead was authorized as the official National Park Service emblem by the Secretary of the Interior on July 20, 1951. The sequoia tree and bison represent vegetation and wildlife, the mountains and water represent scenic and recreational values, and the arrowhead represents historical and archeological values. 1 Foundation Document Introduction Every unit of the national park system will have a foundational document to provide basic guidance for planning and management decisions—a foundation for planning and management. The core components of a foundation document include a brief description of the park as well as the park’s purpose, signifcance, fundamental resources and values, other important resources and values, and interpretive themes. The foundation document also includes special mandates and administrative commitments, an assessment of planning and data needs that identifes planning issues, planning products to be developed, and the associated studies and data required for park planning. Along with the core components, the assessment provides a focus for park planning activities and establishes a baseline from which planning documents are developed. A primary beneft of developing a foundation document is the opportunity to integrate and coordinate all kinds and levels of planning from a single, shared understanding of what is most important about the park. The process of developing a foundation document begins with gathering and integrating information about the park. Next, this information is refned and focused to determine what the most important attributes of the park are. The process of preparing a foundation document aids park managers, staf, and the public in identifying and clearly stating in one document the essential information that is necessary for park management to consider when determining future planning eforts, outlining key planning issues, and protecting resources and values that are integral to park purpose and identity. While not included in this document, a park atlas is also part of a foundation project. The atlas is a series of maps compiled from available geographic information system (GIS) data on natural and cultural resources, visitor use patterns, facilities, and other topics. It serves as a GIS-based support tool for planning and park operations. The atlas is published as a (hard copy) paper product and as geospatial data for use in a web mapping environment. The park atlas for Crater Lake National Park can be accessed online at: http://insideparkatlas.nps.gov/. 2 Crater Lake National Park Part 1: Core Components The core components of a foundation document include a brief description of the park, park purpose, signifcance statements, fundamental resources and values, other important resources and values, and interpretive themes. These components are core because they typically do not change over time. Core components are expected to be used in future planning and management eforts. Brief Description of the Park Crater Lake National Park—established in 1902—is in southwest Oregon in the south-central portion of the Cascade Range. The park ranges in elevation from about 3,800 feet to just over 8,900 feet at Mount Scott. Near the center of the park is one of its most spectacular features, Crater Lake. At 1,943 feet deep, it is the deepest lake in the United States. The lake is in a caldera, which was formed when the top of 12,000-foot Mount Mazama erupted and collapsed about 7,700 years ago. Over the centuries, the caldera has collected water from rain and snow to form the lake. The lake is about 5 miles in diameter and is surrounded by the jagged, steep- walled clifs of the caldera left by the climatic eruption. The clifs surrounding the lake rise from 500 to 2,000 feet above the lake’s surface. From the rimmed summit, the land slopes gradually downward in all directions. There are no inlets or outlets to the lake, and evaporation and seepage prevent the lake from becoming deeper. Crater Lake has no infuent or efuent streams to provide continuing supplies of oxygen, nutrients, and fresh water and is considered a youthful lake with a high level of purity. The lack of dissolved minerals greatly restricts the growth of aquatic plants and the absence of sufcient carbonates inhibits the development of large-shelled animals.
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