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2001
March 5 2001 New license plates would celebrate Crater Lake By Dani Dodge
We’re talking Crater Lake National Park license plates. So move over, Oregon Trail. Take a swim, Oregon Salmon. If Sen. Jason Atkinson has anything to say about it there’s gonna be a hot new plate in town.
“This is kind of a fun bill celebrating the park’s anniversary,” said Atkinson, a Republican from Jacksonville who sponsored the bill to create the new license plate. “What we are doing is saying one of the greatest national parks in our country, and perhaps the world, is having its 100th birthday and we want to celebrate it.”
The plates will cost $10 each, or $20 extra per vehicle. Everything collected over the estimated $130,000 cost of producing the specialty plate will go to projects in the park — like building a Science and Learning Center to housing visiting scientists and developing programs for school-aged children.
“The people of Oregon have a special relationship with Crater Lake,” said Lundy. “It’s a bit of a love affair — a sense of ownership and concern — that I haven’t found in the other states where I have been assigned.
Anything more than $1 million collected will be used for other Crater Lake park projects.
April 2001 Reconstruction begins on the historic buildings in Rim Village.
May 21 2001 Zero inches of snow on the ground at HQ
June 6 2001 Crater Lake launch, the Ralph Peyton, is airlifted back into Crater Lake after being rebuilt in Portland during the winter. Repairs included a new engine.
June 6 2001 The U.S. Geological Survey has released new maps and a report that show in detail underwater features, including volcanic cones and landslides. Scientists mapped the lake floor last summer using a technique called high-resolution multibeam echo-sounding. They found that the Lake is 1,949 feet deep at its deepest point.
August 2001 Boarder Fire near Boundary Springs. Lightning caused. NPS crew fought it for a week and then transferred to a Forest Service crew. 60 people – 63 acres. Inside the 1980 park addition.
September 10 2001 Wayne R. (Grolick) Golec, 55, from Minnesota, dies of a massive hear attack, while hiking the Cleetwood Cove Trail. Mercy Flights was called, but Grolic/Golec dies on the trail. He was on the second switchback from the top.
October 2001 Four firms seek Crater Lake Park’s concession contract. Decision will be made sometime during the winter for the new 15 year contract.
October 18 2001 415 acre prescribed burn known as the: TC-2 burn.
October 31 2001 All concession services are closed at Rim Village in preparation for the rebuild of the Cafeteria Building. The present concessionaire recently announced it will not bid for a new 15-year contract. Limited winter food service and visitor contact will be available at the Steel Center at HQ.
December 31 2001 In celebration of Crater Lake’s 100th year, Actors’ Theater and Peter Alzado of Ashland agree to produce the William Steel Play – Resolutions – for $16,000 for four performances. Kevin Bacher negotiates for the Park Service.
Fiscal Year 2001 Annual Budget – $3,944,000
Annual visitation 506,973 visitors (Online says: 457,373)
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