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Visitors And Snowpack Up At Crater Lake

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Crater Lake enjoyed a banner 2015, and 2016 is off to a flying start, at least in some respects. 

The 664,000 visitors last year represents a 25-year high.  But what's good for visits is not necessarily good for the environment: low snow made it easier to get to the park, Oregon's only national park. 

So far, this year is the opposite: snow so deep the road to the rim has been closed for several stretches.  Park Superintendent Craig Ackerman checks in with visitor info and an overview of a proposal to expand wilderness outside the park boundaries.  

 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.