NATURE NOTES FROM CRATER LAKE

	Volume XXVI - 1995
Presented by
National Park Service Crater Lake National Park		Crater Lake Natural History Association

Present and former park employees have again volunteered their efforts in bringing this volume of Nature Notes to fruition. In addition to thanking the authors, I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge/he efforts of Susan Marvin and Judy Giles in greatly facilitating the editorial process. Intended as an aid to visitors at Crater Lake National Park and Oregon Caves National Monument, this publication contains original research or observations that should be of interest to anyone wanting more than a fleeting glimpse of either park area. Our hope is, of course, to provide some insights about the character and features of both places.

Since the Crater Lake Lodge reopens this year, I thought it appropriate to begin with an article that relates the hotel to its surroundings. This is followed by an eclectic mix of topics such as porcupines, ponds, and the Pacific Crest Trail which may entice park visitors to get away from their automobiles in favor of going further afield. Toward this end we encourage reprinting submissions that appear in Nature Notes from Crater Lake, as long as credit is given to authors and the Crater Lake Natural History Association.

Established in 1942, the Crater Lake Natural History Association's purpose is to aid the National Park Service in its educational and resource management programs at Crater Lake National Park and Oregon Caves National Monument. It therefore sponsors this edition of Nature Notes as well as a number of other publications, research grants, and events. The association operates three sales outlets, with two located in Crater Lake National Park and another at the Illinois Valley Visitor Center in Cave Junction, Oregon. Proceeds from sales items are used entirely to support the association's goals. A list of items available for sale can be obtained by writing to CLNHA's Executive Director, P.O. Box 157, Crater Lake OR 97604, or by calling (541)594-2211 ext. 499.

Ernest G. Moll, Blue Interval, Portland: Metropolitan Press, 1935, p. 6. Illustration by Karl J. Belser.

No vernal blooms their torpid rocks array,
But winter lingering chills the lap of May;
No Zephyr fondly sues the mountain's breast,
Yet still, even here, content can spread a charm,
Redress the clime, and all its rage disarm.

William Wordsworth