R Ecreation Development

Future Recreational Development of Crater Lake National Park by Elwyn F. Mann A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the School of Forestry Oregon State College In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Bachelor of Science June 1940 Approved: Professor of Forestry LIST OF FIGURES Figure Page in appendix !• Location of %h% Four Campiiramids •••*••»*»*****•#»* I 2, Oregon akyline trail ideation as4 Ideation LIsT 0f Tables TabI B !• ?i0h Xiiberatod in Crata;r I»aUc^t W 3p«ciâ aiid Year* 3 g« yisL Planted In $%f««Mi During I9a9 •••«•«•»••*•».. 4 5# ttmr%X Duriuv; 1939 fey Cars an4 Peiple for .iach onth »««#«*#*#•**«**»#«*«#««#•##*•«««*#«#»•««« i g 4« Distribu&ion »f Ztf»v«4 a^ ta Origin •«#•#*»««»###«« 8 5# v/i.n*tî* XI*?%T#X «*%•*•«**»*» H4«*»4«#««*«* •*#••«««•**» 7 . Cara|>«,;ruu.(«d Js« T>y ônth and Yûr *###*«#»«#«*#*«»«* ?• ?isl Igur^g for 1«39«193« »»##«««#*t#«##«t•**•# 9 TrairniX fey Year 3hoYriii^ fl Inc• -«a»o •*«•**•*•**••«•«-10 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Introduction ......................................................................................................... 1 Chapter I—Crater Lake Park ......................................... 4 Natural Features ..................................................................................... 4 Man-Made Changes ................................................ 7 Present Recreational Use ..................................... 10 Determination of Future Recreational Use .............. 14 Chapter II--Recreation Planning .................................. 17 Park Service Policy ................................................ 17 Survey of Demands and Possibilities ...................... 18 Chapter III—Recreation Development ................................... 22 Present Summer Use Considerations........................ 22 Future Summer Use Considerations.............................. 27 Present Winter Use Considerations ......................................... 29 Future winter use Considerations ....................................... 29 Summary .................................................................................................................. 31 Findings.................................................................................................................... 31 Bibliography ...................................................................................................................... 52 Appendix Future Recreational Development of Crater Lake National Park Introduction The problem faced in this paper is to present an inventory and review of present conditions as they are at Crater Lake National Park and to these correlate past and present needs and demands, and to present ideas and changes that will need to be considered for the recreation plans of the area. Xli* pr00e^t Katioaal Park and r«o ration maTCmant in th9 United atst#s htm r#-a«fc#d a point wkmrn careful and ir^ t«lligent planni*ic Must be produced t^ jive t:ii# nation a program adequate to awet .the dlT^raified and. Inortaei^ nee&fc of ttoe people. (4} f&lt n§ad far national planning carries QY$V to otl^r Federal argtnei#n timt launt cousld^r recreatis^nf also to state, eounty9 eity> an4 prlvmte recreation pragramg and ttttersoriwHN f&* latiâal Park B^r^ vice has been trying t# help this eonditiaa îU givo tliaat dealing witli reeraati-n a feett#r uad^ratending of their ewa ^r«%l«mc aa well -aa t&§ relation to other rAcra^tional agenda* auid their develoiâent and plain* In 1936 > the B^partiânt of the lnteriort tJirougli the national Park 3«rvica9 vas ampowfrtd. to caoparata with thd states on a pgn&ftii*nt ba«ia in r*latioo tu r«c--eation (6)* parki parkvay» and rteâatiunalâ^â study va« authorised *m a national seal? to obtain Information on existing facilities population ata bearing on the are&t and an inventory of potential area* (6}# 3tuelie« •* to tlie amount mid kind of use in eettnty and city recreation cen* ten hare t>ee& made* 3xpari&ents &r€* feeing carried out by national Park Servicet •¥&& a# on l^n Btertati&ft Demon* stration Artast whieh art larg# tracts of land tstabli^h^d and developed within râê of population eantera to fulfill outeta^diog reereatiou defieleneieen suoh aa pienicki.. f fiefeing, baatingt MMngi etc* One euoh area ia loeatiKt at 3il¥ir C3f€ek in Oregon* (10) Thus tie Katiaaal Park Serriea is bmilclimg up the background naetssary to m®#fe the -definite reapanî'bility for the rtork in thin ^:;ecial field* the feroad Qfejectiê "being to famlp meet te# reeêa- tion m®&& of tlie paoplt throogliu^t the a&tidtt* Par& work nsder the ;;Htiorml ârJfe s^rTiea is dealing with eonserration in itn feroad##t weatting^ rorteervation of natural rsaourcea and of humaa resourcet Ta oong-trve Uie natural riNioiureM of a Park artt tfee eoiwiltioaa sfco^ld b# left aa they originally weret without ebaxê* The intra- duetiaia af pâ^lt to enjoy a park neceesit^te© ma^^nadt iaiproT^wi-iatft o:r aco^sftodatloaet aiî so ti-m mare people frequdiitiiig an a "$&# tfe« ^^rder it iu %o preaerre tii# âtiAra.1 wild eanditi.ua* A plan âr #aeh area is tsstntiait taking into con** elderation tfce rarioue recreatluîal pi-asee throy.:hout the nation* the naturalness TI# is&an^saiide e]-;a:iu#s neêeeary for 3 UB®$ am the fundamental poXleiee of tl<.* imtitjumX i?artoi **!• TSutt the national P*rk», sau©t be &&iftt&ined in a,to~ aolutely «BiiftpiJLr#d foi*rt far tKt* u»e of future gwitratians as *#X1 m# tiios# of our ovt« 2# That fefe^y a;# »#t adide for tfce !•§•-• obaarratlon* lieaitli aad piaa#u.?f# of the peopXe* 3* Tixat tfc# n&tJUsml isttrest xsu^t diet -.te all d#- oisiona aifeetirig public ®t priT&te enterprise in ttoe PiMffce* # {1} The text of tbi# paper ia n^t latended %B a plan to ga by fur future d^TelapEi^ntt^t hut aa a r^Tlew af ^res .nt eonditia-'i.e and IMmgi that m®& veXX fo^ takezi into eungidU$*» ration in any plcma oi1* future ieir#Xe|»#iit of Crater Lake l&tiofi&l Park if it is ô o^nti^ru^ to grow and rm-mSn oim of the moat popular retresttes eêters at tiia I^rt&west* 4 aM^pt^r I CRATER LAi^. PAI^: The Izmrntory of Usue i?a3* is covered in this chapter as* well as certain Information about otx*er recreation &râ#» Th# p&yaieal description of the ar^n is eoT«.red# "both an to natural feature© and man-made eGauges* Tb« present reerea- tiomal wie iM tttwtl* aJUng with iaforxaati on such &* trends in papulati^.M and travel figures that aliaiULd giT# aaat in« die at ion of future uae are also icive^* Crater ZA-:« r&rk in locat#d iji ôutiiîm Qwmg®m un the Crest of tn# Gaseati^ Range abuut alxty mll-« from %h% southern border of %b& state. It wztbraaes an area of 250#52 square miles* QV 160f533 iirifi an4 was established as a Hatiîuxl Park "by an sot ef Gaajpr««i ,-iay 22> l»02 (3}« It i» acceselbl^ by mo tar highway froia 2'#4fordt s di^tm:ic0 ef about eighty mil#st fr-oai Klamath Fallef mbaut sixty* five i&ile&* aiKt fraiB T>«ndt abo«t oue hundred aiio^# The feapafrsj^y le quite ray^h nfid eleiration^ ra,ry drew 4§000 feet la a feigto af 3t938 fe#t» The Lali- itself i# set In %h+ cratar af .^n *xti&4t Toleano (lSf 16} wt' <*' *reclpltatioxx ha» partly filled, resulting In a bo;iy t^f water uix miles acro&st alfacint SfOOO f<a©t deep a. id îth an area of twenty square rnllee* The laâ cliffs riae u$ fram th<& sLara line on all sid^g 5 far not lesa tiuu five hundrad feet or ore* two Uâh *.nd» Thia leaTâ a very clear fre**L grater l&fce with n^ inlet *'~nu no outleti with a depth auffieient tw £ire of^ a light re** flection of pure blue* The Park1 a nuniefÛd sireaM all rise withXm HM touun- d&rie&t ûne bei ^g fed l>y a^îisgs tLut aê pjrub^'bly cuuaed by aeaaage froa the lake* ilirûr;ii eroaian ecxsta iiaira farmed T^ry rug e4 and ataeo caayoru* yi^Ja:.^ i*d fair in a few af the stresume* ^?..u ciia^Tio d»*ri ?g the #iam:*jr s#..a.##jfit tflbki^^ ia must of Jun^ through part of 5eptoaber# ie Ye^y g^d #xe^ t far occasional ciauu*3ua# ^r tiAun:l»;^ sL^wîr^. Very •&ldo£i is it too hat in tiê $;.&de ar too t-**ol in %h% »MXI« The winter tiea&on is caldt with sufficient em®w for winter sparts fro,a aix tw ei^jiiw munche of the year* A miow depth of twelve feet ia »et at all uar^zûon {3}^ TLe wre** cuv^r wf ti-e i\%rk la almost entirely af vir- gin forests* ^xcaat far a few square iii^ of puiaiea openings on ^lucli grows sânt gvasa* Jbts^ mreas ar^ aut too dry ta support tre^ growth» tout ratlêy ô young in formation ti&at trâs arc not j#6 esvablisliedt althuu^li s^m^ Ladc;opale ^taiids har^ worked into tdm ayma areaa far quitu m distance eren within the mstory vf the arâ aa a Park* ISie mast exteneiTe #taada are of Ii#dg#fo3le pii*^ (Piqua £unrtorta)» aauntai^ He»Xoek ^rsug^ M®r%®&&iima>)§ and fir (AMas a^^ni.f 1 CiJ. gijafltenel^) »nd (A^t<m €j*nfolQr) types (S)# A etaêly -st^M of po-ndere$& pln# (Ptjûf îidtroga) is oên 6 -;JLonj.£ tl*-a uûtL boundary a-/Î sr&und tl*i rin tJ a *J*2 ta-bar^ pina is thfc Outstaudia^ tr$4» 4ue tw th# stuzitad and g3fa~ tesquely twistel jh?%pa» t;,at it oftex* grows in* fltfc tlus oth^r tt,?dci^3 th$x*9 are f.iurtamt e.-m-oii tr*es repress* tod* Th« undercoTer i« :aad^ up of ev&r 5?0 fla^^rlng plants 4 large T^riîty of wild lift may b# »^#tit but], iarg# and i^âll &Q4 af #6¥8iit#îi np#ei#a tlarta ar^ êr^ car^ân* Tha motit Ci>^'^n and friet.dly ia tic little g9l4#n^smatl# graun4 squirruli th#s th« bXaek %#ar^ nay fe« ftt#n at tlê f^#diiig pits at alas*;tit aEy i-^-e> u d U.«e jr*aac*rui*a d##r BT& gcoad.iozu-.liy eêa* o^jêiaiiy iii th« beaû of a h«adXi;.:i*t \%Lil43 driving at ni£h%* Mar.aut#§ ;j»t>rcuîa«4iJt c on^ya^ w0as#lst msrtaust r&b'bit*» efci|«iimlcat aM pins squirrel© are aeoaîuii-vily ^^^n* Of fcfea l>ircl iif« Barî tiian 111 stpêiUs i^ra bo^m pa^* itively idantified* (1) ?ii« »«at intare^tiri^ ar« the occasional golden an.

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