Conservation of natural resources
Research programs
Interpretation
Management efficiency
Traffic circulation
Environmental awareness
Concessioner programs
Cooperation
Cultural resources [89]
The statements for management were periodically revised in light of changing conditions in the park. [90] The statement approved by Regional Director Daniel J. Tobin, Jr., on March 11, 1983, contained revisions for management zoning based on the recently expanded park boundaries and wilderness designations. Of the total acreage of the park (182,700), some 182,300 acres were zoned as natural. This zone had three subzones: wilderness (148,301); outstanding natural feature–water surface of Crater Lake (11,500); and natural (22,499). The historic zone continued to consist of approximately one acre on which the lodge was located. Six separate areas in the park were zoned for development:
1. Rim Village
2. Munson Valley
3. Mazama Campground
4. Lost Creek Campground
5. Maintenance area storage yard
6. Cleetwood Cove parking area and the boat docks. [91]
The most recent Statement for Management for Crater Lake was approved in August 1986. It contains a somewhat modified list of management objectives. The objectives stress research and cooperation with outside agencies and organizations as a means of increasing management efficiency, insuring continued protection of park resources, and enhancement of the visitors” experiences in the park. The eight objectives are:
1. To secure, through research or other means, adequate information to increase management efficiency and to ensure conservation of park resources.
2. To cooperate with outside agencies, organizations, and members of the public in (a) assuring, to the greatest extent possible, that nearby hands are developed and managed in ways that are compatible with preserving the park’s air and water quality, geological resources, ecological communities, solitude, extreme quiet, and the scenery for which the park is famous; (b) minimizing the adverse effects of public use on the park’s resources through the provision of recreational lodging, and other visitor service facilities in the park’s vicinity; and (c) disseminating information about the park to the general public, with particular emphasis on the regional community.
3. To protect and enhance the natural and scenic values of the park by maintaining an adequate hand base to permit
achievement of the park’s purpose.
4. To protect park resources and the safety of park visitors through enforcement of applicable laws, rules and regulations in the park.
5. Provide for the visitor’s enjoyment and appreciation of park resources through primary interpretive emphasis on the park’s geomorphology, but provide also for an understanding of the park’s geology, natural history, history and archeology.
