{"id":2423038,"date":"2025-04-13T13:29:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T17:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/not-joking-feds-closing-crater-lake-access-for-3-years-to-fix-1-mile-long-trail-toilets-dock\/"},"modified":"2025-04-13T13:30:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T17:30:59","slug":"not-joking-feds-closing-crater-lake-access-for-3-years-to-fix-1-mile-long-trail-toilets-dock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/not-joking-feds-closing-crater-lake-access-for-3-years-to-fix-1-mile-long-trail-toilets-dock\/","title":{"rendered":"Not Joking: Feds Closing Crater Lake Access for 3 Years to Fix 1 Mile Long Trail, Toilets, Dock"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnot-joking-feds-closing-crater-lake-access-for-3-years-to-fix-1-mile-long-trail-toilets-dock%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2423038&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-campaign-reacts-to-bump-stock-supreme-court-decision-the-court-has-spoken\/\" title=\"Trump campaign responds to Supreme Court&#039;s bump stock ruling: &quot;The court has spoken.\">provided text discusses<\/a> the history and management struggles of the Wollman skating Rink in New York City and draws a comparison to ongoing rehabilitation efforts at Crater Lake National Park in Oregon. Originally closed in 1980 and plagued by budget overruns, the Wollman Rink faced years of delays until Donald Trump intervened in 1986, promising to reopen it by Christmas. He successfully delivered on this promise, opening the rink in just over four months.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, the Crater Lake project is expected to take three years just for a one-mile trail rehabilitation, with construction not starting until 2026 and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">anticipated delays possibly extending completion<\/a> to 2029. this lengthy timetable, combined with government inefficiency, illustrates a stark difference between the two situations. The article suggests that if the government could operate more like Trump&#8217;s business approach to the rink, public projects might be completed more efficiently.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>For those of you not familiar with the Wollman Skating Rink in New York City, let me introduce you to how Donald Trump got his introduction to fixing broken, inefficient, ineffectual governance.<\/p>\n<p>When then-Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bidens-wrong-not-trump-build-damn-thing-developments-saved-largest-city-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ed Koch<\/a> closed the iconic rink in 1980, it was a broken-down mess, a shell of the famous sheet of ice that featured in numerous movies, including &ldquo;Love Story.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The city promised to reopen it by 1985. But Koch&rsquo;s incompetent commissioners and contractors let the job run $12 million over its original $4.7 million budget, and by 1986, the finish line was nowhere in sight,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2017\/01\/22\/saving-wollman-rink-made-trump-a-new-york-city-hero\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post&rsquo;s<\/a> Steve Cuozzo wrote just days after Trump&rsquo;s 2017 inauguration as president.<\/p>\n<p>In June 1986, Trump said he&rsquo;d have Wollman opened by Christmas if Koch just let him do his magic.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If Koch doesn&rsquo;t like this offer,&rdquo; Trump said, &ldquo;then let him have the same people who have built it for the last six years do it for the next six years.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Koch relented, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/flashback-trump-audience-stitches-calls-contractor-built-crappy-stage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> delivered &mdash; early. The rink was open on Nov. 1, a little over four months after the announcement.<\/p>\n<p>I&rsquo;m just saying that, while I know the president has more important things to attend to, maybe he should look into what the heck is going on at Crater Lake National Park in Oregon, where work on a one-mile trail is expected to take three years.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/parkplanning.nps.gov\/projectHome.cfm?projectID=94386\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a> from the National Park Service last month, the Cleetwood Cove Trail is currently undergoing some rehabilitation &mdash; and will be for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Every year, thousands of park visitors hike this trail to gain access to lakeshore,&rdquo; the release read.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Cleetwood Cove Marina is the launch point for the concession-provided boat tours of Crater Lake and the park&rsquo;s boats. This project proposes to rehabilitate the trail and related infrastructure to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-confirms-he-will-vote-yes-on-florida-marijuana-ballot-measure-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump confirms he will vote \u2018yes\u2019 on Florida marijuana ballot measure - Washington Examiner\">ensure safe access<\/a> to the lake, provide needed visitor services, and to protect the environment.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The work will encompass rehabilitation of the trail &mdash; &ldquo;including improvements to trail tread and retaining walls&rdquo; &mdash; reducing the possibility of rock-fall in &ldquo;identified high risk zones,&rdquo; replacing &ldquo;the failed bulkhead\/dock with a structurally stable marina,&rdquo; and updating &ldquo;the outdated and undersized composting toilets located near the marina.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The planning, design, and compliance are completed for this project. The next step is solicitation of the construction contract,&rdquo; the media release said.<\/p>\n<p>Expect a leisurely process.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The park is planning on starting construction in 2026. Due to the extent [of] work to be completed and short construction seasons, trail closures will be required and are expected during the duration of the 2027 and 2028 summer seasons,&rdquo; the release explained.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;During this time, no boat tours will be provided and the trail will be closed due to construction and rockfall hazards. If construction goes as planned, the renovated trail will reopen in summer 2029.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>This means that all access to Crater Lake will be curtailed for all but scientists. And, keep in mind, this three-year timetable is just including the projected construction time. Delays, if they happen anywhere during the process &mdash; and, spoiler alert, the park is already hinting that they will &mdash; would limit access to for even longer.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The significant annual snowfall at the Crater Rim limits access to the site and construction work to a few summer months,&rdquo; park public information officer Marsha McCabe said via  to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/national-parks\/article\/crater-lake-national-park-trail-closing-20246200.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SFGATE<\/a> in an article published March 31.<\/p>\n<p>And here&rsquo;s a surprise from SFGATE: &ldquo;[P]ark officials say its completion might not happen on schedule either.&rdquo;&nbsp;<em>Quelle surprise.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The parks service did not respond directly to questions about the cause of the project&rsquo;s delay,&rdquo; the outlet reported. (<em>Quelle surprise)<\/em>&sup2;.<\/p>\n<p>One understands that there are certain exigencies at play at Crater Lake that aren&rsquo;t in play in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-shameless-pro-palestinian-activists-latest-target-wwi-memorial-central-park\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Central Park<\/a>, but a four-year project with three years of construction that might not finish on time is the height of governmental laziness, and it&rsquo;ll likely end up being a case study in government spend-thriftiness, as well. If Trump wants an object lesson in why he&rsquo;s so popular, he should get a protege to Wollman Rink this sucker pronto.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-jr-skewers-new-york-city-exits-courthouse-says-begging-guys-like-donald-trump-return\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Do it for old-time&rsquo;s sake<\/a>, Mr. President.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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When Mayor Ed Koch shut down the rink in 1980, it was in disrepair, far from its former glory as seen in films like &#8220;Love Story.&#8221; The city had promised to reopen it by 1985, but due to mismanagement by Koch&#8217;s team and contractors, costs soared to $12 million over an initial budget of $4.7 million. By 1986, there was still no end in sight for the project. In June of that year, Trump offered to have Wollman ready by Christmas if Koch allowed him to take charge. He challenged Koch by saying that if he didn&#8217;t accept his proposal, he could continue with the same people who had failed for six years.<\/p>\n<p>Koch eventually agreed, and Trump delivered ahead of schedule; the rink opened on November 1\u2014just over four months after his announcement. While I recognize that the president has many pressing matters at hand, perhaps he should investigate what&#8217;s happening at Crater Lake National Park in Oregon where a one-mile trail renovation is projected to take three years. According to a recent National Park Service release, work on Cleetwood Cove Trail is ongoing and will continue for some time.<\/p>\n<p>The trail is vital for visitors accessing lakeshore activities and boat tours provided at Cleetwood Cove Marina. The rehabilitation aims to improve safety and visitor services while protecting the environment through various upgrades including trail tread improvements and replacing outdated facilities.<\/p>\n<p>However, construction isn&#8217;t expected to start until 2026 due to extensive work required and limited construction seasons; closures are anticipated during summer seasons of 2027 and 2028 with hopes for reopening by summer 2029\u2014meaning access will be restricted primarily for scientists during this period.<\/p>\n<p>This timeline only accounts for projected construction; any delays could extend access limitations even further due to significant snowfall affecting site accessibility each year. As noted by park officials via SFGATE recently: completion may not occur as scheduled either\u2014a situation not uncommon within government projects.<\/p>\n<p>While there are unique challenges at Crater Lake compared with Central Park&#8217;s Wollman Rink scenario\u2014a lengthy project spanning four years with three dedicated solely to construction exemplifies governmental inefficiency\u2014and could serve as a case study on wasteful spending too. If Trump seeks insight into why he&#8217;s popular among many Americans today\u2014he might consider sending someone experienced from Wollman Rink over there quickly!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2423039,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Crater-Lake.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[53366,32857,53367,53368],"class_list":["post-2423038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-crater-lake","tag-federal-government","tag-national-parks","tag-trail-maintenance"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Crater-Lake.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2423038"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2423042,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2423038\/revisions\/2423042"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2423039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2423038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2423038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2423038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}